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    <title>A Townhome Door That Wont Open in Bethesda, Maryland</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Everyone who has ever sold a house has a story about something that went wrong just as the moving trucks were pulling up.&nbsp; There&rsquo;s the hot water heater that chose that day to burst or the garage door spring that broke overnight, or the pow... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-08-22 21:31:42</pubDate>
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    <title>Bethesda Luxury Homes Market Report</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5914/show/</guid>
    <link>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5914/show/</link>
    <description> <![CDATA[ The Bethesda Luxury Home Summer Sales Report
This market report draws on data from every area in Bethesda.&nbsp; Normally I'd take data from a much smaller geogrphical pool (mircro-markets) because, as I've pointed out in previous posts about micro-... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-08-15 17:36:24</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>301 (Re)directing Me Crazy?</title>
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    <link>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5795/show/</link>
    <description> <![CDATA[ It all started with an innocent question about 301 redirects and Google.&nbsp; I had one url &ldquo;301&rdquo;d (as the cool kids say) from my old website to my current REW website when it went live.&nbsp; My previous website had some relevant back-l... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-07-24 13:08:49</pubDate>
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    <title>MRIS Token Update!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Remember those wonderful Safe MLS tokens that we told you about?&nbsp; The ones we need to carry with us at all times in order to log into the multiple listing service?&nbsp; The ones that are sweeping the &quot;realtor nation&quot;, from Bethesda, M... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-07-23 00:04:30</pubDate>
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    <title>Congratulations Bethesda!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The most recent edition of Money Magazine ranks Bethesda as one of the top 25 earning towns in the United States.&nbsp; Although not a surprise to those of us who live and work here, it&rsquo;s always nice to get this recognition.&nbsp; The article c... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-07-16 15:20:50</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>MRIS new Viral Marketing Strategy</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5627/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ First confession &ndash; I&rsquo;m a member of MRIS (don&rsquo;t blame me, it&rsquo;s not like I had a choice).&nbsp; Second confession &ndash; I&rsquo;m not sure what MRIS has done for me (except perhaps make my job harder).&nbsp; MRIS is a microcos... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-30 19:24:43</pubDate>
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    <title>Bethesda Condos - It's Not About Square Footage?</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5592/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ When it comes to condos in the Greater Bethesda area (and most of DC Metro area for that matter), it seems as though developers are missing out on the &ldquo;out&rdquo;.&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; What I mean is that they aren&rsquo;t paying enough attention t... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-24 19:54:33</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>When to Reduce...And How Much???</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5505/show/</guid>
    <link>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5505/show/</link>
    <description> <![CDATA[ If you&rsquo;re a home seller in this current market, you may find yourself in a position of having to make a price &ldquo;correction&rdquo; (that&rsquo;s realtors&rsquo; lingo for &ldquo;reduction&rdquo;) if your property doesn&rsquo;t sell in a rea... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-12 15:21:25</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Too Scared To Look Out The Window?</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5424/show/</guid>
    <link>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5424/show/</link>
    <description> <![CDATA[ &ldquo;Everyone around here is too scared to look out the window and see that it's not raining&rdquo;
I&rsquo;d love to take credit for coming up with that statement, but I can&rsquo;t take ownership.&nbsp; It is a quote from a lender concerning his... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-06-03 13:22:56</pubDate>
    <category>The Lending Industry</category>
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    <title>FHA To the Rescue? Savior or Sham?</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/5243/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ When, as part of the Economic Stimulus Package, it was announced that the FHA would raise their loan limits, members of both the housing and the banking industries rejoiced.&nbsp; With the tightening of lending regulations (some justified, some an ov... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-14 16:16:32</pubDate>
    <category>Montgomery County MD Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Dear MRIS  Has It Really Come to This?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Dear MRIS, I&rsquo;m writing this letter in regards to your new &ldquo;SafeMLS Token&rdquo;.&nbsp; You know, the oval shaped piece of plastic with the LCD that looks like it came straight out of a 1980s digital wrist watch &ndash; the one with the bu... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-05-11 16:26:03</pubDate>
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    <title>Theres Something Wrong With This Picture</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ So, lately I&rsquo;ve been reading the business section of both the Washington Post and the New York Times.&nbsp; With the real estate industry so tied to the economic news, and more specifically to the banking news, it just seems that it makes sense... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-27 17:53:00</pubDate>
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    <title>I'll Take It!</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4685/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I guess anyone who&rsquo;s been involved in an occupation for over 20 years has stories&hellip;but I do think that being a real estate agent exposes you to the potential for some really great stories.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve decided to occasionally share so... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-13 23:16:38</pubDate>
    <category>Favorite Real Estate Stories</category>
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    <title>New Conforming Loan Rates in the Washington DC Area</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), today published the new single family loan limits for conforming and FHA loans.&nbsp; These new, increased loan amounts were mandated by the Economic Stimulus Act, but we were awaiting the actual... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-07 06:15:16</pubDate>
    <category>The Lending Industry</category>
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    <title>Washington DC Luxury Property Sales Report</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Washington DC &amp; Bethesda Luxury Real Estate Sales Report
So this leap year gave me one extra day to compare January sales in a specific &ldquo;micro-market,&rdquo; but the day ran away from me so I&rsquo;m giving myself one extra day before we s... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-03-01 10:06:59</pubDate>
    <category>Market Reports</category>
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    <title>Class Action Suits Against Mortgage Lenders...fair or extreme</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I was reading the business section of The Washington Post today and it had an article about a Wisconsin couple who is going after Chevy Chase Bank for mortgage fraud.&nbsp;That sounds fine, on the surface, but it turns out that their attorney is also... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-27 15:07:18</pubDate>
    <category>The Lending Industry</category>
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    <title>Seriously...How Did We Sell Real Estate Before the Internet</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Those of us who are addicted to the immediate gratification provided by a BlackBerry or other such device (okay, I admit it...I&rsquo;m talking about myself), are especially consumed by the question of how we ever got thru life without such access.&n... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-21 14:57:20</pubDate>
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    <title>Washington DC Real Estate Housing Priceswhere are they going?</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4395/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Here&rsquo;s what we know.&nbsp;We know that the real estate market (at least real estate in the Washington DC&nbsp;Metropolitan Area) is cyclical.&nbsp;I have a friend who told me years ago that he believed that our market operated in 7 year cycles&... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-18 13:10:14</pubDate>
    <category>Market Insights</category>
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    <title>My Bethesda Real Estate Prediction - Eating My Words</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4387/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ In&nbsp;a post&nbsp;last&nbsp;week, I made a prediction about a&nbsp;home in Bethesda that I had shown&hellip;the one where there were seven groups of people in a one hour time span.&nbsp;I went out on a limb and said that, based on the activity that... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-17 20:53:32</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Bethesda Real Estate Sales Report (20817 Zip Code)</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ | Bethesda Real Estate Sales Report (20817 Zip Code) |
A series of reports that&nbsp;looks into the Washington DC area real estate market through examining micro-markets.&nbsp;This market report centers on data from the northwest Bethesda area (zip ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-09 16:21:13</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Washington DC area Real Estate - The Super Bowl Theory Proved?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ So maybe I just want to prove myself right&hellip;but less than a week after Super Bowl (and that was an amazing Super Bowl!!), the real estate market in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area seems to be picking up.&nbsp;Regular readers will already kn... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-02-09 13:16:36</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Proposal To Raise Conforming Loan Amount</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4196/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As part of the Economic Stimulus Package being considered by the administration and by Congress, there is a proposal that would be a great boon to the housing market in the Washington, D.C. area &ndash; that is the increase in the conforming loan amo... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-28 20:34:01</pubDate>
    <category>Market Insights</category>
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    <title>The Pendulum Is Swinging.Too Far???</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4054/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ It had to happen&hellip;.the pendulum needed to swing.&nbsp;It turned out that it just didn&rsquo;t make sense to suggest that you could &ldquo;buy&rdquo; a home with no money down&hellip;especially if you didn&rsquo;t have great credit&hellip;more e... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-15 19:18:14</pubDate>
    <category>Bethesda Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Washington DC Real Estate  Back to the Basics</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4024/show/</guid>
    <link>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/4024/show/</link>
    <description> <![CDATA[ Although I don&rsquo;t subscribe to the &ldquo;the sky is falling&rdquo; school of real estate (especially in the Washington DC area), it is true that for whatever reason, we are in a market different than the one where everything sold overnight at a... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-12 20:23:46</pubDate>
    <category>Market Insights</category>
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    <title>Washington DC Real Estate - The January Question</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/3975/show/</guid>
    <link>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/gkoitz/3975/show/</link>
    <description> <![CDATA[ It happens every year&hellip;whether it&rsquo;s a buyers&rsquo; market or a sellers&rsquo; market.&nbsp;Right after the calendar turns and a new year arrives, people want predictions about the Washington, DC and Montgomery County real estate markets.... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2008-01-09 16:47:39</pubDate>
    <category>Market Insights</category>
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