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		<title>How do You Live?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the more important parts of my job is to bring super excited buyers back to earth by reminding them of their original goals while looking for a new home. It&#8217;s easy to get wrapped up in the emotion of a really gorgeous house or a screamingly hot deal, but as with anything new, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2010/11/how-do-you-live/</link>
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		<title>Quick Fall Color Fix</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How about a nice pop of Seasonal Color? Nothing says &#8220;Welcome&#8221; to visitors, friends and would-be home buyers than a clean and tidy front stoop. This area sets the tone for your home and as they say, &#8220;you never get a second chance to make a good first impression&#8221;. A quick update to any entry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2010/10/quick-fall-color-fix/</link>
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		<title>Feeling 10 Feet Tall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a gorgeous day weather-wise here in Seattle yesterday. On the first day of Spring 2010, we had temperatures near 70 degrees and sunshine all day long. My morning consisted of reviewing an offer, presenting another offer and reaching mutual acceptance on a listing I&#8217;ve been marketing on and off for about 18 months. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2010/03/feeling-10-feet-tall/</link>
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		<title>The Smallest Patch of Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The smallest patch of green to arrest the monotony of asphalt and concrete is as important to the value of real estate as streets, sewers and convenient shopping.”-James Felt If you&#8217;re among the lucky ones who are ready and able to buy your first or next home now or in the near future you&#8217;re likely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2008/12/the-smallest-patch-of-green/</link>
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		<title>Real Estate Scars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fallout from the mortgage meltdown and housing crisis across the country has not left the Puget Sound real estate industry unscathed. Even though many articles, &#8220;experts&#8221; (yes, I was one of them) and prognosticators thought our local economy was too resilient to undergo a housing correction, here we are. At first it was just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2008/10/real-estate-scars/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Style?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in my real estate career my design style was easily influenced by the last beautiful house I&#8217;d shown, sold or previewed.I&#8217;d come home from a day of showing new construction (ever been in a model home? UGH!) and want to throw everything out and start over from scratch. But since my market&#8217;s inventory ranges [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2008/10/whats-your-style/</link>
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		<title>Bellevue WA-#1 Place to Live &amp; Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an article on CNN Money, Fortune Small Business has slotted our own Bellevue, WA in the top spot amount US cities which combine a sublime blend of business opportunity and recreational pursuit. The article cites Bellevue&#8217;s growing downtown and strong school system along with it&#8217;s ability to attract major retail as a few of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2008/07/bellevue-wa-1-place-to-live-launch/</link>
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		<title>The Higher They Climb the Farther They Fall?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a resident of South King County I have watched prices in the Bellevue/Kirkland areas skyrocket over the last two decades. While the entire Puget Sound region has not been immune (as many had predicted) from the real estate slowdown, it seems some of the more affluent areas of King County have seen a much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nwhomeblog.com/2008/06/the-higher-they-climb-the-farther-they-fall/</link>
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