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	<title><![CDATA[Refinancing? Here&#8217;s The Mortgage Deal I Choose]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 20, 2009 -- Yesterday we started shopping around for our refinance. Today we chose a lender and a got an amazing deal. Here's the scoop on what I hope will be...]]></description>
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	<title><![CDATA[Time To Refinance? I&#8217;m Thinking About It.]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 19, 2009 -- Is it time to refinance? For the first time in 7 years, I'm seriously thinking about it.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:49 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Surprise! October Housing Starts Collapse]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 18, 2009 -- Guess the economists are wrong again.
According to this morning&#8217;s Wall Street Journal, economists estimated that U.S. housing starts rose to...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:24:06 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Says Sorry For The Housing and Credit Crisis]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 18, 2009 -- Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blanfein apologized for the company's role in the housing and credit crisis. It offered $500 million to small business...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:37:11 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Better Foreclosure Numbers? Not Really.]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 12, 2009 -- For the third month in a row, the number of foreclosures decreased slightly.
Is the tide of foreclosures turning? Not really. It&#8217;s more like...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:47:52 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Buying A House Next Year? Don&#8217;t Worry About The Competition.]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November 11, 2009 -- I&#8217;ve been speaking with real estate professionals around the country about the extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit. Most are...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:17:51 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Tax Credit Extension And Expansion Is Signed]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November  6, 2009 -- This afternoon, President Barack Obama signed legislation extending unemployment benefits and expanding the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:58:01 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[$8,000/$6,500 Tax Credits Are A Done Deal. What&#8217;s Next?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November  3, 2009 -- The $8,000 tax credit extension and expansion will become law later this week. What's the next big idea to end the Great Recession?]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:48:49 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Borrowers Save Billions By Refinancing Their Mortgages]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[November  2, 2009 -- Mortgage interest rates dropped to 50-year lows in 2009, and borrowers will save billions of dollars by refinancing, according to a new report from...]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:44:41 PST</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[$8,000 Tax Credit Details: Update]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[October 29, 2009 -- Want to know what the $8,000 tax credit new deal includes? Here are the details.]]></description>
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	<dc:creator>Ilyce Glink</dc:creator>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:53:12 PDT</pubDate>
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