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		<title>Slower and Harder – Be Prepared!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m dating myself with the reference but if I&#8217;m getting old it&#8217;s fine. Better than the alternative.
Roger Miller had a hit song int he 1960s called England Swings Like a Pendulum Do.
Well most things swing like pendulums, don&#8217;t they?  Right now the ability to get a mortgage has swung as far away from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fairfieldcounty.wordpress.com&blog=2149753&post=378&subd=fairfieldcounty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Realtor Expectations – Part Two:  THE BUYER’S AGENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, this article is built on the premise that the number of Realtors to choose from is staggering.  Most people have one or more acquaintances that are “in the business” – or they know someone who has a sibling, spouse or parent who sells Real Estate.  It’s great to know the Realtor’s name, but what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fairfieldcounty.wordpress.com&blog=2149753&post=371&subd=fairfieldcounty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Realtor Expectations –  Part One: THE LISTING AGENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE:  This is a pretty long post but worth reading &#8211; print it out.
With so many Realtors to choose from, this is intended to help you look at some of the things you might want to clarify with an agent when selecting the one to sell your house.  Realtors, like any group of people, have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fairfieldcounty.wordpress.com&blog=2149753&post=351&subd=fairfieldcounty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Creeping Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well -they&#8217;ve been going down and down and down &#8211; and while no one can predict for sure what is coming tomorrow &#8211; Mortgage Interest Rates have been slowly and steadily climbing for the last couple of weeks.
If you are one the &#8220;double jugglers&#8221; the time to move may be right now.  A double juggler [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fairfieldcounty.wordpress.com&blog=2149753&post=347&subd=fairfieldcounty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Solar Hydrogen House  – Completely “grid-free”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 17:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK &#8211; I&#8217;ve been hearing that this day would come and it seems it&#8217;s finally here.  A totally self-sufficient house that gets all it power from somewhere other than the power company.  Most solar houses that you hear about it have to stay hooked up to the grid for those times when there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fairfieldcounty.wordpress.com&blog=2149753&post=340&subd=fairfieldcounty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When is a Seagull like buying a house?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard an interesting parabolic riddle (I always wanted to say that) by an author on one of the morning television shows today.  I was also on the phone, tripping over the dog&#8217;s water bowl and trying to make breakfast at the same time so I didn&#8217;t catch the name of the man who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fairfieldcounty.wordpress.com&blog=2149753&post=337&subd=fairfieldcounty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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