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		<title>Protected: East F ST Tacoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Foreclosed Tacoma Home of The Week Rent Beating Price $175,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreclosed Tacoma Home of The Week. This week we have another large 4 bedroom home as our featured foreclosed Tacoma Home of the week. View Larger Map Located at 8422 14th. Ave Tacoma WA 98445 If you&#8217;re looking for  4 bedrooms and need to have some extra room to spread out then this weeks home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here Comes More Fees For FHA Homebuyers. Coming April 18th 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the good folks over at HUD have some new costs they want to share with you the prospective Tacoma (and nationwide) home buyer. Starting with FHA case numbers issued on April 18th. 2011 there will be an increase to the cost of mortgage insurance that buyers will have to pay monthly. The full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anderson Island Washington Zero Down Homes are Possible!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you tired? Tired of the commute, neighbors dogs barking, tired of being bombarded with so much static that you do not know what end is up any more? Have you thought about dropping out and getting away from it all? I know good luck with that. Yet, in Pierce County that&#8217;s right Pierce County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Government Getting Out of the Home Mortgage Business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration released today (2/11/11) a framework to reduce and eventually remove Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae from the mortgage guarantee business. From The Wall Street Journal : The steps, outlined in a &#8220;white paper,&#8221; are likely to mean higher borrowing costs and more-limited access to home loans for consumers. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Pre-Qualified”? What does it mean? What about “Pre-Approved”?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Audrey Roth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: “Help! I just saw my dream house when driving to my son’s soccer practice last night.  While he was at practice I called the agent whose name appeared on the “for sale” sign posted in front of the beautiful Victorian. As I summoned the agent to show me this house, he asked me if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tacoma Home Seller Sewer Inspections Postponed Until December 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Tacoma updated the city website September 29th. with the information that the City Council voted to delay the implementation of the Side Sewer Inspection Program. ( I loving call it Project Fiber) Until December 1st 2010. During the time between now and December the city may be considering changes to the proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking to buy a home in Tacoma? What are you looking for?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve decided you want to look at houses in Tacoma, or perhaps you think you want to buy a home in Tacoma. Where are you looking to find information on houses for sale in Tacoma? I offer a search function here on Classic Homes Northwest yet, it is not utilized by as many people as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Perspective: When/If the housing market will improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National magazines and the media have been discussing the housing market and if it will recover. In my local market of Tacoma Washington our market did not take the big hit that other cities did. We still however did lose a lot of homes to foreclosure and to short sales. Slowly things are showing signs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding for the USDA Guaranteed Rural Housing program has been restored</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of  September 8, 2010 the USDA will begin obligating section 502 Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans. This news was released in a press release on September 7, 2010 The systems enhancements will Phase out the old 2 percent fee structure for purchase loan guarantees Allow for a new up front fee of 3.5% as [...]]]></description>
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