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		<title>Tacoma Side Sewers a Bedtime Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective October 1st. 2010 the City of Tacoma will begin to require a side sewer inspection for all homes sold in the city limits of Tacoma. It is only July why do you care? Why do I care? Let me tell you a little story&#8230;. I have a client who is getting ready to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perhaps the Closing Date For the $8,000 Tax Credit Has Been Extended</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official&#8230;. the tax credit has been extended&#8230;..will this be the last time?&#8230;..Like a bad comedy skit we will not know until it&#8217;s over. Update to the update&#8230; We are waiting on the Presidents signature to extend the closing date until September 30th.  For more information. Update- Went to press too soon&#8230;nothing has been decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you thinking of buying a home in Tacoma this year?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of buying a home in Tacoma this year? The summer buying season is upon us and the inventory is beginning to drop a bit. I am not saying that we are having a full on buying spree. I am saying that homes that are ready to sell, priced to sell and have the features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Credit for Homeowners Closing Dates Extended; Not So Fast&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are shouting that the tax credit has been extended&#8230;the tax credit has been extended!! this is not completely accurate. The tax credit will only be extended for closing your transaction if you were already under contract by the April 30th. end of the tax credit. To qualify for the tax credit you had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do You Look For When Buying a Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a question for the readers of this blog. What do you look for when you are thinking of buying a home? I sell homes in and around Tacoma that much should be obvious if you are visiting my blog. I know what I do to find potential clients who can benefit from my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Washington State 2010 Income Levels Have Changed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lending]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USDA has announced some changes to the 2010 Washington State Income Levels to qualify for 100% zero down USDA financing. Take a look at table below to see what the income levels for where you live have been adjusted to. Income levels in Pierce County is now at $80,050 for a family up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Loans Show Me an Example of What We Can Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was chatting with a friend the other day about USDA loans and she mentioned that she thought that USDA loans were for farm houses and things way out in the &#8220;sticks&#8221; I explained to her that her concept of USDA loans was a bit off. Yes you have to be purchasing a home in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Financing Fiscal Year 2010 Funds Running Out. Conditional Commitments Will be Issued</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 23:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we have reported here in previous articles the USDA is running out of funds for the fiscal year 2010. The announcement today that the USDA will issue conditional commitments for Section 502 Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans after the funds have been exhausted is potential good news for home buyers in Pierce County or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2010 Pierce County Median Home Price $215,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 01:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales volume appears to be moving upward according to numbers released for April 2010 home sales. 7,368 homes had mutually accepted offers in April 2010 in the four county Puget Sound region. The highest volume since August 2006 Was this due to the tax credit? In my opinion yes the number have been inflated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Buyers Still do More Research on Buying a Car Than on Buying a Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 01:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Cowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Received an article today from the Business Examiner that states that people buying homes still spend more time researching their car purchases than they do researching the terms of their home loans. According to the article (linked to here)  many people only spend FIVE hours researching the financing for the largest purchase they will [...]]]></description>
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