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	<title>Hudson Valley Real Estate Blog</title>
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	<description>Ulster County and Hudson Valley Real Estate Blog</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Top 10 Cities to Get The Best Bang for Your Buck, Kingston NY</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/top-10-cities-to-get-the-best-bang-for-your-buck-kingston-ny.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around Town]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buyer's Guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Market Chat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Potpourri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[average sale price 2009]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bang for your buck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[real estate investing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kingston, NY is one of Barbara Corcoran’s top 10 cities in the country to get The Best Bang for Your Buck.
Click Here to view the segment from the Today Show.  
The average sale price in Kingston for 2009 was $161,172 for single family residential sales. While the average sale price in Ulster County was $241,758.
The average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended and Expanded!</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit-extended-and-expanded.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit-extended-and-expanded.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Buyer's Guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Market Chat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Potpourri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extension]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Its official, the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 extends and expands the first time home buyer tax credit.   The new law: 

Extends deadline to April 30, 2010 

You must enter into a binding contract by April 30, 2010 and close by June 30, 2010.


Allows long time homeowners buying a replacement principal residence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit!</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/new-first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/new-first-time-home-buyer-tax-credit.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Buyer's Guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Potpourri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[First Time Home Buyers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MCC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Credit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Program]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York State Mortgage Credit Certificate Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Mortgage Credit Certificate Program (MCC) is a new program for first time home buyers. With MCC,  20% of your annual mortgage interest can be converted into a tax credit and deducted from your Federal Income tax.
&#160;
Example with a mortgage of $200,000 and an interest rate of 5.5% the mortgage interest paid in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Modern Farmhouse Has So Much To Offer At Mohonk View Lane</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/your-modern-farmhouse-has-so-much-to-offer-at-mohonk-view-lane.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/your-modern-farmhouse-has-so-much-to-offer-at-mohonk-view-lane.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Potpourri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[championship golf course]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farmhouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[modern]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mohonk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ulster County]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[view]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
In Ulster County, not often found is a home with such rustic charm from an era long forgotten as is seen in the design of dramatic spaces and forms this Modern Farmhouse offers.   Few structures elude such uniqueness that joins two legendary styles of cutting edge architecture and classic Hudson Valley farmhouse charm.  Created with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Update</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/mortgage-update.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/mortgage-update.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Update]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rates are down to 4.875%*

What does that mean for buyers?
It means that the cost of buying a house just went down! Or, it means that a buyer can afford more of a house for the same monthly payment. I don&#8217;t usually do math problems in these Mortgage Updates, but this situation screams for an example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seller Tips - Preparing A Home For Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/seller-tips-preparing-a-home-for-sale.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/seller-tips-preparing-a-home-for-sale.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Seller's Guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Preparing a home for sale]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seller Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics show that buyers make up their mind about your home based
on their first seven seconds of viewing!!
Today you have to be the nicest home in your price range to attract buyers. In general, it&#8217;s taking longer to sell a home, so they have to be priced accordingly and show extremely well.
We also recommend removing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Myths</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/real-estate-myths.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/real-estate-myths.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Buyer's Guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Potpourri]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seller's Guide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Myths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All Real Estate agents are the same. Most Americans hold a driver&#8217;s license. Does that mean that they all drive the same way? Real Estate agents and drivers are licensed by their state. But people drive differently, and real estate agents approach their jobs differently as well. Buyers and sellers should choose their agent carefully. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Commuter Options for Ulster County Residents</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/more-commuter-options-for-ulster-county-residents.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/more-commuter-options-for-ulster-county-residents.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TomJackson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around Town]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commuting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Commuting between Ulster County and New York City has become more convenient and affordable with an Ulster County Area Transit bus link to Metro-North express trains from the Poughkeepsie station to Grand Central Terminal in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The bus to train link runs throughout the day, seven days a week.  The overcrowded parking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prudential Nutshell Eco-Broker Team Hosts Green Building Seminar</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/prudential-nutshell-eco-broker-team-hosts-green-building-seminar.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/prudential-nutshell-eco-broker-team-hosts-green-building-seminar.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Market Chat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Potpourri]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/prudential-nutshell-eco-broker-team-hosts-green-building-seminar.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, October 4, from 9-11 AM the Prudential Nutshell Eco-Broker Team will host Matt Bialecki speaking on sustainable design in architecture, Brian Nowitzki on renewable energy options for the homeowner, and Greg Eckert on green mortgages.  Complimentary refreshments from local farm stands will be provided courtesy of Centennial Mortgage.   The program will take place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Update - Economic Turmoil!</title>
		<link>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/mortgage-update-economic-turmoil.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nutshellrealty.com/blog/mortgage-update-economic-turmoil.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Centennial Mortgage</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Update]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AIG]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lehman Brothers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Merrill Lynch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Secretary Paulson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wachovia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WAMU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been taken over by the government,  Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch sold to Bank of America, AIG bailed out, and what is going on with WAMU and Wachovia?
Let’s focus on the mortgage part of this:
Last week Treasury Secretary Paulson announced that the federal government was seizing control of [...]]]></description>
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