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    <title>Halle Plantation, Collierville Update</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ In May I wrote a blog entry outlining the current market effects on a Collierville TN subdivision&nbsp;named Halle Plantation. I recently received a phone call from a young lady with the Halle Plantation Neighborhood Association asking if I wouldn't ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-10-12 06:51:33</pubDate>
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    <title>Pending Home Sales Increase</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Pending Home Sales UP in the South
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pending home sales in June increased from the previous month in all four major regions, according to the National Association of REALTORS' (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI).... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-08-06 16:54:43</pubDate>
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    <title>Gen-X Moms: Cautious Spenders Who Put Family First</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Two-thirds of mothers with children under the age of 12 today are part of Generation X (those born from 1965 to 1979).1 These are today's 28- to 42-year-old parents who are advertising- and finance-savvy &mdash; and who typically have a huge say in h... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-20 13:18:12</pubDate>
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    <title>Signature Building Group</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Signature Building Group is a premier Memphis new home builder and developer. With numerous subdivisions in the Shelby County, Olive Branch and Southaven, Mississippi&nbsp;areas. 
Founded in June 2005, Signature Building Group is a partnership betwe... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-07-11 17:34:58</pubDate>
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    <title>MORTGAGE RATES REACH 10 MONTH HIGHS</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ LONG- AND SHORT-TERM MORTGAGE RATES REACH 10 MONTH HIGHS
Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.53, for the week ending June 7th, up from last week's 6.42%.&nbsp; The 30-year FRM has not been higher since the week ending August 10, 2006... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-11 13:46:22</pubDate>
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    <title>Competitive BBQ Team, Just For FUN!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ On a more relaxing and hobby note: 
Everyone needs hobbies, activities and enjoyment in life other than their work, profession or jobs. Of course Katharine and I (Ed Pierce) have five children between the two of us, so there is plenty there to keep ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-06-06 19:53:07</pubDate>
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    <title>Memphis Open House Website</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Memphis Area Association of Realtors has begun the soft opening of a dedicated website for listing and searching for open houses in the Greater Memphis area. With the Internet age upon us, open houses have become a less important and affective to... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-31 15:23:46</pubDate>
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    <title>Realtor challenges going up.....Pay going down?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As challenges in the industry seem to increase almost daily for our REALTOR members, the just-released 2007 Profile of NAR Members across the country shows - among other findings - that median income for REALTORS ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-15 01:47:45</pubDate>
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    <title>The market effects on Halle Plantation in Collierville</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I have been stating that the&nbsp;Memphis area real&nbsp;estate market has picked up in the last few months and appears to have a decent amount of steam behind it. Well, let's take a look at a favorite subdivision of mine located in Collierville call... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-14 18:30:35</pubDate>
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    <title>Buyers seem to take Mother's Day off.</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ While Katharine did have one showing today for one of her listings in Lakeland, TN; for the most part here in Memphis the buyers have seemed to have taken the day off for searching for real estate. Memphis Realtors did no such thing, as AI received a... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-13 18:31:10</pubDate>
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    <title>SIGNS OF LOW INFLATION KEEP LONG TERM MORTGAGE RATES STEADY</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.15, for the week ending May 10th, down from last week's 6.16%.&nbsp; Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.58%.&nbsp; The average for the 15-year FRM this week is 5.87%, unchanged from ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-05-12 15:12:56</pubDate>
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    <title>The Buyers are Restless!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ There&nbsp;has been&nbsp;negative talk about the real estate industry from the subprime market to the abundance of new home inventories, by myself, local and national media&nbsp;alike. 
However; the past four weeks or so we have seen a very large in... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-19 17:41:25</pubDate>
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    <title>Tennessee Is Good for Business!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In both Memphis and Nashville I know, it is becoming more and more popular for families to&nbsp;relocate in from other parts of the country&nbsp;for business reasons. We are attracting&nbsp;larger firms as t... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-17 09:37:46</pubDate>
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    <title>TAR Membership Numbers Reflect The Boom</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Here is a report from the Tennessee Association of Realtors (TAR) about the number of licensed real estate agents in the state of Tennessee.&nbsp;A large amount of these numbers inevitably are in the Nashville area which saw a much larger &quot;boom&... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-04-03 12:00:48</pubDate>
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    <title>Update on the New Memphis MLS System</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I am fortunate enough to be a part of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors MLS Board. We have been testing and tweaking and evaluating a new&nbsp;Memphis Multiple Listing Service called MLXchange. I had no idea how antiquated our old system was u... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-31 10:45:07</pubDate>
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    <title>Conflicting Reports Keep Interest Rates Level</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.16%, for the week ending March 29, unchanged from last week's 6.16%.&nbsp; Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.35%.&nbsp; The average for the 15-year FRM this week is 5.86%, down from... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-31 10:19:48</pubDate>
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    <title>TAR Working Hard To Amend Septic Law</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Tennessee Association of Realtors is working hard to amend septic law.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As most REALTORS know, in 2006 legislation was passed that made it a criminal activity under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, in ad... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-26 16:01:34</pubDate>
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    <title>Sub-prime Market in Crisis Mode.....</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ...and your prospective buyers, among others, may feel the pinch!&nbsp; While offering Memphis real estate investors another avenue for their over all portfolio.
This will and is currently having an immediate impact on the sub-pri... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-06 14:25:07</pubDate>
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    <title>Consumer Confidence on the Rise</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Conference Board, a private research group, said consumer confidence rose in February to its highest level in more than five years while the Commerce Department reported demand for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by a sharper-than-expected 7.8... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-05 14:14:06</pubDate>
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    <title>Existing Home Sales Rise</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Sales of existing homes rose in January by the largest amount in two years, raising hopes that the worst of the severe slump in housing may be coming to an end. Median home prices, however, fell for a sixth straight month.
The National Association o... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-04 19:23:22</pubDate>
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    <title>FHA Drops Zero-Down Proposal</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Memphis has a very high percentage of HUD loans as compared to the rest of the nation, so this news is a very welcomed one. 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will not seek a zero-down payment option as part of its Federal Housing Admi... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-02 19:55:00</pubDate>
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    <title>A Slight Drop in Interest Rates</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ NEW ECONOMIC NEWS ALLOWS MORTGAGE RATES TO SLIP FOR SECOND WEEK IN A ROW
Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.18%, for the week ending March 1, down from last week's 6.22%.&nbsp; Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.24%.... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-02 19:26:30</pubDate>
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    <title>Top Retirement Cities Identified</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/memphis/852/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bizjournals.com, the Web site of American City Business Journals Inc., identified 100 cities nationwide where the number of residents over 65 has increased rapidly in the last five years. The business-newspaper ch... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-01 21:53:58</pubDate>
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    <title>The Future of Building</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Approximately 100,000 builders descended upon Orlando, Florida, recently for the International Builders Show! [If you're keeping track of numbers, that's FOUR TIMES the size of NAR's recent 2006 Convention in New ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-01 21:44:47</pubDate>
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    <title>Life Expectancy of Homebuilding Materials</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A study on the &quot;life expectancy&quot; of various home components was also unveiled at the International Builders Show. According to the study (sponsored by NAHB and Bank of America Home Equity), properly inst... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-01 21:39:42</pubDate>
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    <title>Oak River Green - Memphis Luxury Subdivision</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Memphis Luxury Real Estate
The Prestigious 38120 zip code area in East Memphis is going through a redevelopment of sorts. It is not uncommon to find someone purchasing a home for several hundred thousand and tearing it down to build a much larger ho... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-03-01 18:45:02</pubDate>
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    <title>Rates Move Lower Again !</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Interest Rates&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; Memphis Tennessee I... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-26 14:46:50</pubDate>
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    <title>Fraud, a common practice?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Here is an every more&nbsp;common situation in the real estate industry as a whole. It has become almost &quot;normal&quot; in the Memphis area, but should be targeted as unethical at best and could be considered illegal. Don't get caught in this tra... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-26 14:39:34</pubDate>
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    <title>Don't Let Your Buyers Be Scammed!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Save your buyer clients a few dollars by warning them about a scam that is making the rounds:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Home buyers get an official-looking letter in the mail telling them that it... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-26 14:28:42</pubDate>
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    <title> Depressed Markets Encourage Mortgage Fraud</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The current real estate market conditions provide an excellent backdrop for mortgage fraud. Here are some of the typical factors that open the door to fraud: 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Buyers trying to get into the market be... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-25 11:36:02</pubDate>
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    <title>Germantown Tennessee Condos</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ While the hot condo market has subsided in a great many areas around the nation, Germantown Tennessee is seeing a spark in the conversion and sales of condominium units with in the city. As a matter of fact, it is second only to the downtown Memphis ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-23 16:46:41</pubDate>
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    <title>The Internet Buyer</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ This data was complied by Leslie Appleton-young, Chief Economist and Vice President of the California Association of Realtors (CAR).&nbsp; This is a first of a series of articles on this topic. Please check back under the &quot;Real Estate World is C... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-20 12:40:03</pubDate>
    <category>The Real Estate World is Changing!</category>
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    <title>Interest Rates Increase, then retreat on Friday</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.30%, for the week ending February 15, up from last week's 6.28%.&nbsp; Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.28%.&nbsp; The average for the 15-year FRM this week is 6.03%, up from last ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-17 15:42:48</pubDate>
    <category>Interest Rates</category>
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    <title>Down Payments: Out Dated?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ New national survey research reveals just how dated and quaint that concept has become in today's market, thanks to rocketing home prices that have far eclipsed buyers' incomes and savings.
From mid-2005 to mid-2006, according to a statistical sampl... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-11 14:21:42</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Estate Investment by Joe Lane</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 

Need of ground-work and investigations in Real Estate Investment! 
As in any investment business, investing in Real Estate also requires proper ground-work and investigations. Of course, one finds myriad literature, websites, how-to-do-it-by-you... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-11 13:35:47</pubDate>
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    <title>Pictorial of Downtown Memphis</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Enjoy this small pictorial album of the Downtown Memphis area. It includes Beale street, FedEx Forum, Peabody Place, South Bluffs Homes, our version of Walk of the Stars, and other interests. I like this general concept of being able to utilize the a... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-09 21:50:09</pubDate>
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    <title>New PMI Rules For Minimum FICO Scores</title>
    <guid>http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/blogs/memphis/631/show/</guid>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Effective Feb. 15, 2007, the following changes in Mortgage Insurance and FICO scores will be implemented on conforming FNMA &amp; FHLMC loans.&nbsp; This includes the popular FNMA &ldquo;My Community Mortgage&rdquo; program.
All loans with an LTV ov... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-09 20:12:32</pubDate>
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    <title>Strong Economic News Pushes Rates Higher</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS PUSHES MORTGAGE RATES HIGHER: 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgages Highest In Almost Four Months.
Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.28%, for the week ending February 8, down from last week's 6.34%.&nbsp; Last year at... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-09 20:00:43</pubDate>
    <category>Interest Rates</category>
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    <title>Seeking Guest Authors</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ I would like to send out an invitation to all real estate industry professionals. I invite&nbsp;experts in their to be guest authors on my blog and/or website. What's in it for you? A link to your website and recognition for being the author for the ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-09 15:14:41</pubDate>
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    <title>New Memphis Midtown Condo Conversion</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ A&nbsp;Massachusetts Investment firm has begun the process of acquiring and developing a Midtown apartment complex for conversions in to quaint 1 and 2-bedroom condos. Peach Properties Real Estate Development LLP of Massachusetts&nbsp;will convert th... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-09 11:08:24</pubDate>
    <category>Memphis Tennessee Real Estate</category>
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    <title>Cost of Living Comparisons</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 2006 Tax Burden and Cost of Living Comparison between Shelby &amp; DeSoto:&nbsp; Research conducted by the Memphis Regional Chamber indicates that it was $3,214 less expensive in 2006 to live in Shelby County than DeSoto County. The comparison is bas... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-09 10:15:13</pubDate>
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    <title>Memphis among lowest risk for home price declines</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;Tennessee Markets Are Low Risk:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the most recent U.S. Market Risk Index report, by PMI Mortgage insurance company, the only two Tennessee markets included in their study -- the Nashville and Memphis S... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-08 18:25:57</pubDate>
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    <title>POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS PUSHES MORTGAGE RATES HIGHER&nbsp;&nbsp; 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgages Highest In Almost Four Months
Nationwide, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.34%, for the week ending February 1, up from last week's 6.25%.&nbsp; Last... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-02 17:09:31</pubDate>
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    <title>Memphis-RealEstate.net Logo</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
Our Logo....Had to experiment. ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-02-02 01:51:57</pubDate>
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    <title>Rates Again Move Up Slightly</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Memphis Interest Rates&nbsp; |&nbsp; Memphis Mortgage Rates
Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 6.25 percent with an average 0.4 point for the week ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-29 17:18:42</pubDate>
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    <title>New Survey Profiles Middle Tennessee Home Buyers</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Greater Nashville Association of REALTORS released a study last week that indicates typical home buyers and sellers in Middle Tennessee are older but more high-tech than the rest of the nation. GNAR commissioned the research through the National ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-29 17:03:37</pubDate>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We are going to have continual articles pertaining to Memphis real estate and surrounding communities; such as Collierville and Germantown.&nbsp;Should you have any suggestions on subjects pertaining to Memphis homes for sale or related issues, pleas... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-26 14:21:39</pubDate>
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    <title>The Shrine, a Historical Building</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;
The Shrine Building was built in 1923 and is on the National Register of historical Buildings where it has been hailed as &quot;One of our Nation's Most Important Buildings.&quot; Offering everything from studios to town homes and prices from... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-24 18:13:18</pubDate>
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    <title>The River Tower at South Bluffs</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The development that has been put&nbsp;in to the River Tower Condominiums is remarkable. A complete overhaul of the old building with amenities and upgrades all done in first class.&nbsp;The North building was demolished to enhance the view of the No... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-23 18:16:38</pubDate>
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    <title>Memphis Condos the beginning</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ We will be taking time to doing research and evaluations on various Memphis Condos&nbsp;with an initial emphasis on the Downtown Memphis Condo selections. We have been receiving many inquiries on numerous developments in the downtown area, especially... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-23 17:38:43</pubDate>
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    <title>New Memphis MLS System Coming!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Memphis MLS Upgrade Set for April 2007
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR) is going to upgrade to a new and enhanced MLS system called MLXchange. Originally scheduled for installation in December 2006, the new installation date is now Ap... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-19 18:19:12</pubDate>
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    <title>NEW Year!  NEW Homes!  NEW Section!</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ 
As the new home market continues to grow in Memphis and the surrounding areas, so does the Homes For Sale&trade; magazine.&nbsp; Beginning in the first February issue, the addition of the &ldquo;New Homes and Developments&rdquo; section will consis... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-19 18:07:37</pubDate>
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    <title>Consumer Confidence Rising</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *** BEGIN QUOTE ***
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consumers are greeting the new year with a lot more confidence than they've had in months, which could be good news for the housing market.
&nbsp;... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-16 17:44:33</pubDate>
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    <title>Consumers Are Changing The Rules</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A new article, published last week by CNN and MONEY Magazine
(&quot;Tech trends rock real estate world&quot;), would appear to focus on
technology. The real thrust of the article, however, is the way in
w... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-16 17:06:37</pubDate>
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    <title>Paying of cash rebates to non-licensees</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ The Tennessee Real Estate Commission has postponed their update of broker supervision rules, but removal of the prohibition against cash rebates is expected to move forward.
The second issue still facing the Tennessee Real Estate Commission is the r... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-13 15:40:15</pubDate>
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    <title>Curving the Foreclosure Crisis?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ As of January 31, 2007 mortgage insurance companies will no longer provide MI (Mortgage Insurance)&nbsp;for 100% loans to buyers with scores under 575.&nbsp; This will impact My Community Mortgage and other programs that allow buyers with no credit s... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-13 15:25:34</pubDate>
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    <title>Interest Rates Flat</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the
30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 6.18 percent with an
average 0.4 point for the week ending January 4, 2007, unchanged from last week when it averaged 6.18 percent. Last year at thi... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2007-01-09 17:49:09</pubDate>
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    <title>Paying Commissions to non-REALTORS</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ In a recent newsletter, the Tennessee Association of Realtors (TAR) reported that the Tennessee Real Estate Commission (TREC) is proposing a few rule changes. TAR is collecting comments regarding changes to Rule 1260-2-.01 and Rule 1260-2-.33. 
In r... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-31 13:36:17</pubDate>
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    <title>Advertising Real Estate</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Your REALTOR&reg; will know when, where and how to advertise your property. There is a misconception that advertising sells real estate. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS&reg; studies show that 82% of real estate sales are the result of agent cont... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-28 16:51:05</pubDate>
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    <title>Happy Holidays From Memphis</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Happy Holidays from all of us at RE/MAX at Mallard Creek. Enjoy your time with family and friends, and above all, be safe so they can enjoy your company next year as well.
Memphis real estate is all but shut down for the next week for obvious reason... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-24 02:29:03</pubDate>
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    <title>VA Foreclosures</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ There are many, many opportunities out there to find a good bargain on a home whether you are an investor or a first time home buyer. The VA (Veterans Affairs) is one choice you may want to look in to.&nbsp;With the location of the Millington Air Bas... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-12 16:47:00</pubDate>
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    <title>Interest Rates going lower!?!?!?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed the
30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 6.11 percent with an
average 0.5 point for the week ending December 7, 2006, down again
from the previous week when ... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-12 00:57:08</pubDate>
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    <title>Default Services Certification</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ RE/MAX at Mallard Creek, Southwind&nbsp;
The Inaugural BPO (Broker Price Opinion) Certification and Training was offered September 10, 2006 at the Dallas FiveStar Default Servicing Conference and EXPO. Out of the 800+ attendees, only a hand full wer... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-10 23:33:48</pubDate>
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    <title>Accurate values from Zillow?</title>
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    <description> <![CDATA[ Zillow,com announced that they were going to allow people and or REALTORS to upload pictures and indicate of a particular house is for sale. 
&quot;Company founders Richard Barton and Lloyd Frink say they can't predict how many people will use the f... ]]> </description>
    <pubDate>2006-12-10 22:17:34</pubDate>
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