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	<description>Your guide to real estate</description>
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		<title>My credit score</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, you&#8217;ve seen on the internet or on the dailies your dream house? Well, don&#8217;t jump the gun too fast. Before you get a mortgage for that dream house of yours, you have to know first your credit score. Yes, the dreaded credit score.

The worst credit score is about 300 while the best ranges around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real estate commissions rise</title>
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) &#8212; During the housing boom, home sellers were in the driver&#8217;s seat with real estate agents courting them &#8211; often at bargain commission rates. But now that the bubble has burst, the tables have turned.
In 1991, the average commission rate was 6.1 percent, according Steve Murray, of Real Trends, which tracks the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before Really Buying Condo Insurance</title>
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Before you purchase a condominium policy, check with your condominium association to make sure you&#8217;re buying the insurance you need.

Find out what parts of the interior are covered by your condo association&#8217;s insurance and what items are your responsibility. Then make sure that you have adequate insurance to cover repairing or replacing the items for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://realestateguideblog.com/buying/before-really-buying-condo-insurance/</link>
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		<title>Fence-sitters.</title>
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Naturally, when you buy something in the market (no, I&#8217;m not referring to the grocery store near you, but the bigger market), it&#8217;s called an investment. When you&#8217;re investing on something, it actually calls for luck since it only has two to ways to go: up or down. Just like the stocks, real estate can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still hitting bottom</title>
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With the economic downfall, it is a fact that the prices of houses have been hit rock bottom for the past months and the prices of goods and commodities have skyrocketed, making almost everyone a pauper in their own respect. Goods have recorded a total of 1.4% increase last month while home prices still continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSN&#8217;s little solution.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the 28th month in a row, filings for foreclosure increased and mortgage issues are well expected to carry on into the next year. But experts from MSN say that if it plummets this fast, then recovery will be faster than expected. More than half a million homes were either in the process of foreclosure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fractional ownership proves to be beneficial.</title>
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The economic stability being experienced in the U.S. today is troubling not only the poverty stricken population but also those who belong to the middle class strata. Houses and condos have tripled its prices and not everyone can afford it anymore. A lot of foreclosures are happening every minute because people cannot pay off their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rental Properties Go Lower as More People Vacate Properties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rental rates are on the dip but mainly due to the many jobs that are being lost each and every day as companies continue to trim down work forces, trying to save as much as they can. No jobs means less cash for rent so even with low rental rates people aren&#8217;t buying it, opting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://realestateguideblog.com/information/rental-properties-go-lower-as-more-people-vacate-properties/</link>
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		<title>High Mortgage Default Rates Rise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The very low mortgage rates may have more people opting for refinancing of their homes but with no end in sight for this recession, defaults are high at a rate of 62%. This alarming relationship is in fact due still to the stagnant economic conditions that exist all over the globe. Jobless rates are still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://realestateguideblog.com/information/high-mortgage-default-rates-rise/</link>
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		<title>Bad Economy Driving Housing Market Growth?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The saying that says, &#8220;Where there&#8217;s muck, there&#8217;s gold&#8221;, so is it in the housing market where local banks are fueling the home sales markets with moves to sell out their excess of foreclosed homes that fell victim to ill-loans approved by corrupt loan officers. The sales of such homes turns tangible assets back into [...]]]></description>
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