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		<title>Be Wary of Fluff in Listing Remarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever searched for a home whether to buy or just seeing what&#8217;s out there, you&#8217;ve read the various remarks describing each property. And you may have noticed that some remarks/descriptions are more factual based while others are more descriptive and use a lot of adjectives&#8230;or as I like to call it, &#8220;fluff&#8221;. Facts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot for me to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. One of those things is you &#8211; those of you reading this post and my blog in general and past, current and future clients. You have taken time out of your day to read my blogs, make comments, provide feedback and contact me both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loudoun County News Affecting Home Buyers, Sellers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a pretty busy past week or so when it comes to news affecting Loudoun County home buyers and sellers.  In case you missed it, here&#8217;s a summary&#8230; Loudoun Board approves new metro rail deal &#8211; But the metro rail is still not set in stone&#8230;Loudoun County still has until late next year to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Construction Homes vs Existing Homes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many home buyers have questions about new construction homes versus existing homes. One such question was posted by David on Trulia&#8217;s Q&#38;A section&#8230; New and used prices on comparable homes, in my area, are the same (Northern VA). Are there advantages of buying an older home, besides immediate possession? Here is my $0.02 on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Means Leftover Candy, Time to Winterize Your Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that dreaded day of the year&#8230;the day after Halloween when all of the leftover candy is saying, &#8220;Eat me!&#8221;, but your waist line is telling you to throw all of the candy away. I feel your pain. But it&#8217;s also the day when you should winterize your home. Much like your waist line is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curb Appeal &#8211; Setting the Tone, Attracting Home Buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two important pieces of the marketing puzzle are web appeal and curb appeal. Getting both right is key to selling your home for top dollar in today&#8217;s market. I discussed web appeal in an earlier post entitled, &#8220;Web Appeal &#8211; Your Home&#8217;s First Impression to Buyers&#8221; (click on title to read). Today, we&#8217;re going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates at Historical Lows, More Financing Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t heard the news, mortgage rates hit new historical lows this week. Depending on the area you&#8217;re in and your credit worthiness, mortgage rates are at 4 percent, if not under 4 percent. That&#8217;s just cheap money &#8211; plain and simple. Not only are mortgage rates at all time lows, monthly payment amounts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loudounscene.com/2011/10/mortgage-rates-at-historical-lows-more-financing-options.html</link>
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		<title>Web Appeal &#8211; Your Home&#8217;s First Impression to Buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Many factors go into selling your home, two of them being web appeal and curb appeal. In the first part of this two part series, we&#8217;re going to talk about web appeal. How important is web appeal? The COO of Zillow, Spencer Rascoff said it well in an article on ABCNews, Sellers used to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loudounscene.com/2011/10/web-appeal-your-homes-first-impression-to-buyers.html</link>
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		<title>Does Your Home&#8217;s Web and Curb Appeal Get an A+? It had better.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many pieces to the puzzle when selling your home in today&#8217;s market. Two of them are web appeal and curb appeal. Both are extremely important and should be a main focus when selling your home. If either are not done well, you may turn away potential buyers and/or get a lower priced offer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loudounscene.com/2011/10/does-your-homes-web-and-curb-appeal-make-the-grade-it-had-better.html</link>
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		<title>Free Capital Home Show Tickets!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to go to the Capital Home Show this week? Is money tight? Don&#8217;t worry&#8230;I gotcha covered! I have tickets to the Capital Home Show which I am giving away for free to clients and LoudounScene.com and LoudounForeclosures.com readers. &#8220;Nothing in life is free!&#8221;, you say? You&#8217;re right. Here&#8217;s what I ask in return&#8230; 1) [...]]]></description>
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