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		<title>On Smoking, Selling, and Common Courtesy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so thankful I live in a state that does not allow smoking in restaurants.  It always takes me by surprise when I travel and find my nose thinking, &#8216;What is that smell?&#8221; as I eat a lunch or dinner. Most of my friends who smoke limit their habits to outside their homes, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homes Sales Really Are Improving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen home sales on the upswing in my own little part of the world.  Friends are buying, real estate agents are happy. The good news is this does seem to be a national trend.  From MSNBC, The bustle at Baxter Village is part of a quickening home-construction pulse across the nation: New-home sales edged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Fun Video: New House for the Woodards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love those first steps in a new house! Very nice home.]]></description>
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		<title>Outside Curb Appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a crafty-type person and want to boost the curb appeal of your house, here are some ideas from {Bees Knees Bungalow}, Hanging on the outside of the shed is this flower design art thingie &#8211; made out of colored hoses. The middles are bundt pants.  Hello. Fun. This house was all about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks Outbid Investors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When a home is sold on the courthouse steps, typically an investor will buy the foreclosed home and pay the lender, then flip it in order to sell it at a greater price.  However, the trend is reversing in which the banks are buying their own properties because their confidence in the recovering market is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skies Are Blue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere in Hollywood &#8211; on the other side of the rainbow &#8211; Judy Garland&#8217;s former home is for sale.  The legend lived in this lovely home for just a few years, so it really is sad that it&#8217;s now in foreclosure.  From Curbed, Notice of Sheriff&#8217;s Sale. Magnificent estate on prestigious Rockingham Avenue in Brentwood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Get 8 Seconds… if you’re lucky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A decision about whether or not a buyer is interested in a home is not unlike a decision about whether a certain wedding dress would look pretty on a bride-to-be or food is worth buying based on its box design.  Driving up to a house with a shaggy yard or paint chipping off cold be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase Sales Value of Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am getting ready to help list a magnificent house in the country. The seller has done extraordinary work in getting it ready to sell including new paint, tearing down wallpaper, new carpet, and &#8211; perhaps most importantly &#8211; decluttered. Removing clutter is perhaps one of the top things a seller can do to increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: Treehouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo from Apartment Therapy.]]></description>
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		<title>Face of Housing Changing this Spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the housing market showing life again, there are some trends emerging of which buyers and sellers should be aware.  While we can easily anticipate that competition for good homes will be great, perhaps the other two trends are not as predictable. From REAL Trends, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration recently [...]]]></description>
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