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	<title>North Sound Property News</title>
	<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com</link>
	<description>A Real Estate and Community Weblog Serving North King and South Snohomish counties</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>For Love or Money</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2009/07/04/for-love-or-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are as many approaches to what it takes to sell a listing in today&#8217;s market as there are listing agents and sellers.  For most of the last couple of years, something on the order of 90% of the listings that went on the market didn&#8217;t sell, and neither agents or sellers knew at first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Time Buyer Seminar</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2009/06/09/first-time-buyer-seminar/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2009/06/09/first-time-buyer-seminar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[financing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that the $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit has been &#8220;monetized&#8221; and can now be used towards the down payment and closing costs for qualifying home purchases through the end of November?  This exciting news and more information of interest to those thinking of buying a home for the first time will be covered at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mukilteo Real Estate Market Statistics</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2009/02/15/mukilteo-real-estate-market-statistics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[market statistics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the real estate market]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I sat down and compiled a set of real estate statistics for the city of Mukilteo going back two years.  I usually look at these statistics on a monthly basis but yesterday was the first time I compiled those into a spreadsheet to look at the market over time.  My goal is to go back as far as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snohomish County Market Statistics</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2009/02/13/snohomish-county-market-statistics/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2009/02/13/snohomish-county-market-statistics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[market statistics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the real estate market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[snohomish county]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am finally coming back from hiatus to blog here, and the first thing I want to do is to catch up on Snohomish County Market Statistics.
The market here in the county has been quite slow for homes since about August 2007 due to the credit crunch and what is now recognized as more widespread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Offensive Offer</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/10/18/on-the-offensive-offer/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/10/18/on-the-offensive-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[negotiation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems we commonly see in the current real estate market is that buyers and sellers do not tend to agree on the value of any house.  Rare is the buyer today whose buying strategy is to pay full asking price for any home on the market.  And rare is the seller whose intention is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dude, Where&#8217;s the Bottom?</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/09/19/dude-wheres-the-bottom/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/09/19/dude-wheres-the-bottom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So maybe you noticed I haven&#8217;t been posting a lot lately.  Maybe you were wondering why?  Well, two reasons really.  One, I couldn&#8217;t see blogging much during the summer, because once summer finally arrived, it was fantastic.  If it comes to a choice between being inside blogging or outside doing just about anything else, I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Short Sales</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/07/10/the-truth-about-short-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the first truth about short sales: there is no &#8220;one truth&#8221; about short sales.  If you ask 10 different agents about what it&#8217;s like to work short sales, you&#8217;ll probably get 10 different answers, which will be influenced by the agent&#8217;s personality and tenacity, the situation surrounding the short sale, the lender itself, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mukilteo Transit Center and Other Events</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/05/30/mukilteo-transit-center-and-other-events/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/05/30/mukilteo-transit-center-and-other-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 05:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Everett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public transit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[snohomish county]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lots going on around Mukilteo and South Snohomish county over the next couple of weeks.  Top story for me this weekend is probably the grand opening of the Mukilteo Transit Center tomorrow, May 31.  The schedule of events includes:
10 a.m Grand Slam Family Fun Celebration starts! Enjoy refreshments, games, mascots, souvenirs, and live music until noon.
10:30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-Century Modern Home of the Week</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/04/08/mid-century-modern-home-of-the-week/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/04/08/mid-century-modern-home-of-the-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[modern homes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Due to time constraints, there is just one home featured in this week&#8217;s Mid-Century Modern Home of the Week feature, but I would also like to let you know that you can order a full report of my selections of mid-century modern homes simply by emailing me. I will send you a PDF of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming This Summer in Everett</title>
		<link>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/04/03/coming-this-summer-in-everett/</link>
		<comments>http://northsoundpropertynews.com/2008/04/03/coming-this-summer-in-everett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[North Everett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[things to do]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[neighborhoods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Everett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[snohomish county]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I often talk to people about how exciting I think all the changes that have been taking place for the last few years in the Downtown and North Everett area are.  I talked in the last post about the Port Gardner Wharf redevelopment project.  Another thing that the city has been promoting are its summer [...]]]></description>
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