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		<title>Home Sellers: Top Five Must-Have Products</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are selling your home and are also living in it, I don&#8217;t envy you. Being ready constantly for home buyers to walk through your home is hard enough. But in this real estate market with every potential home buyer wanting to negotiate the best price, the pressure is definitely on you, the home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drinking Water For Children Dying of Thirst?  Charity rating:  No Brainer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Lockwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not always one to fall for every cause that comes along.&#160; When PBS telethons come on, for example, I have no qualms whatsoever about changing the channel.&#160; But I recently received this message in my inbox, and because it was too easy to use my voice here to pass it along and to urgent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New SAR Fund Helps Energy Efficient Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With this year&#8217;s summer being so much cooler than the previous Sacramento summers, you might not notice that you need more energy efficient appliances and windows but homebuyers of older Sacramento homes just might. Luckily for them (and homes built before 1978) there is help. The Sacramento Association of Realtors hoping to fix the reluctance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Guidelines for Home Appraisals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just met a friend who went through the maddening scenario of an appraisal coming in too low, the feeling is still fresh in my mind. But on the heels of consumers complaining of artificially increased appraisals of homes now comes the opposite &#8211; house valuations are coming in too low. The typical scenario goes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Listing Prices May Be More in Line with Homebuyer Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, maybe. Or home sellers and banks are just waiting to see how aggressive (or passive!) home buyers will be this year. With the hottest months of the year arriving, both in real estate and in terms of the weather, listing prices have steadied. According to Trulia, 22% of homes on the market today in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the Balance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with all other cycles, this real estate cycle of excesses will end. So says &#8211; in paraphrase &#8211; David Crowe, chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders. The Los Angeles Times reported that it may seem odd to talk of shortages in this era of foreclosures and excess inventory, but the cycle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homebuyers in Escrow: Federal Tax Credit Extended!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this &#8220;hot off the press&#8221; in my mailbox yesterday, so technically it is not breaking news, but I know so many homebuyers who are upset about delayed escrows and extended timelines lately in the real estate process that this is good news for those worried about waiting on banks. Read on! The Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenders Might Be Getting Rid of Foreclosure Backlog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There might be some hope for this real estate market after all, but it may not come soon. Foreclosure filings (for homes in some stage of the process) declined in May by 3% from April 2010 according to Realty Trac as reported by the Los Angeles Times. California accounts for 22% of these foreclosure filings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After a Foreclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.sacramento-home.com/2010/after-foreclosure_2388.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the number of foreclosures, short sales and other financial hardships affecting so many people in Sacramento and elsewhere in the country, the question often comes up: Will I ever be able to buy a home again? Will any bank ever give me a loan to finance a real estate purchase? The short answer is: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Tax Credit Details</title>
		<link>http://www.sacramento-home.com/2010/california-tax-credit-details_2358.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sacramento Real Estate Gal - Purva Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have missed out on the federal tax credit by not getting into escrow on or before April 30 to close June 30, 2010, you might want to consider the state tax credit. But be forewarned, this credit is limited to available fund and might run out soon. Here are some highlights of the [...]]]></description>
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