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		<title>Mortgage woes?  Tell it to them!</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/mortgage-woes-tell-it-to-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, now you have a place to complain, gripe, and deal with all your mortgage issues and woes.  Developed by the Obama administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now open for business.  And they want to hear all about your mortgage problems.  This government agency has been mostly dealing with credit card complaints (talk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1049&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mistakes you can make with a lowball offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying a home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, yes, I know.  It&#8217;s a buyers&#8217; market.  So much inventory, low housing prices, so the buyer gets their pick at the price they want.  But not so fast.  Yes, lots of inventory, lower housing prices.  However, there is still power to negotiating.  And you don&#8217;t want to insult the seller with a lowball offer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New homeowners&#8217; fees to increase</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/new-homeowners-fees-to-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A quick]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fannie mae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start with the good news first.  If you are in a home, paying a regular mortgage, nothing&#8217;s changed, you don&#8217;t have to worry.  No added fees for you.   However, those that are purchasing a new home at the beginning of this year or planning to refinance, you&#8217;ll be paying an additional fee in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1040&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My 2012 real estate predictions</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/my-2012-real-estate-predictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 real estate forecast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing how we&#8217;ve gotten to the last week of 2011, I figured now was a perfect time to talk about what real estate looks like next year, in 2012.  Unfortunately, it hasn&#8217;t been the greatest housing market we&#8217;ve seen.  Home values in 2011 were still low, more people are renting, and others are having a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1035&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Realtors do for buyers</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/what-realtors-do-for-buyers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buyer's agent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying a home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those new to purchasing real estate, I wanted to clear up a few misconceptions about Realtors and let you know exactly what we do and don&#8217;t do for buyers.  For example, a lot of people are under the assumption that buyers have to pay for our services.  100% not true, especially in Illinois.  We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1030&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paint your home to sell</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/paint-your-home-to-sell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remodeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First things first.  You all know how important it is to keep your home in showing condition when you have your home on the market to sell.  No clutter, messes, dirty laundry, etc.  But it&#8217;s also important to make your home look the best it can in order to move quicker and to get you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1026&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Home improvements that turn off buyers</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/home-improvements-that-turn-off-buyers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying a home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written multiple times on the home improvements that add the most value and the areas you want to focus on to attract buyers.  I found a great article on what could possibly turn buyers off, those improvements or features that might cause your home to sit on the market for a lot longer than you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advice to women: Shop more</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/advice-to-women-shop-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s been a while since I wrote anything about the difference between men and women in regards to real estate.  But then I came across a very interesting article.  It turns out that there&#8217;s a reason that 32% of women were likely to get a subprime mortgage than men, according to a 2006 study. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1017&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding a home that won&#8217;t lose value</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/finding-a-home-that-wont-lose-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[buying a home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying a house]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the current state of the economy, for all of you home buyers out there, I&#8217;m guessing that, when you do find a home you&#8217;re going to purchase, that you want to find one that won&#8217;t lose value.  You&#8217;ll want to look for features that will appeal to a seller when you do go to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1013&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Landlord tips in between tenants</title>
		<link>http://theevanstonian.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/landlord-tips-in-between-tenants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahseidenberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[investment property]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just ran into a past client of mine.  She was who I had helped rent out her prior home while she bought a different one.  She just had her tenant of one year move out, and now she&#8217;s searching for a new one.  She was telling me what was going on, and it got [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theevanstonian.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5903472&amp;post=1008&amp;subd=theevanstonian&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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