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		<title>Marin County McMansion Backlash</title>
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The house in the May 19, 2008 Forbes article is estimated to cost two billion dollars, has 400,000 square feet and a separate gym for each family member.  It is in India and owned by Mukesh Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world.
Obviously money is not the issue. The question is how much house [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/05/06/marin-county-mcmansion-backlash/</link>
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		<title>Ten Marin Homes for Under $200,000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, this article was not written ten years ago, these are Marin condominiums from Sausalito, San Rafael and Novato all currently on the market with an asking price of less than $200,000.   The lower price point has taken a significantly larger hit than the average Marin house.
If you have an interest in looking at this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/05/05/ten-marin-homes-for-under-200000/</link>
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		<title>28 Percent of Marin Homes Sold for Under $600,000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First time buyers have not seen numbers like this in years. For the past few years (looking at the first quarter of the year for single family homes in MLS), 2005, 2006, and 2007 specifically; only 7% to 9% of Marin County homes sold for less than $600,000. For the first quarter of 2008 28% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/04/28/28-percent-of-marin-homes-sold-for-under-600000/</link>
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		<title>San Rafael &#038; The Real Estate Meltdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading the newspaper and watching television I could assume that my home town of San Rafael, California has experienced a meltdown as well.  Well, I hate to pop your bubble but the Marin County B.A.R.I.E.S (MLS) statistics don&#8217;t show that has occurred as you can see from the chart below.
Does this mean this is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/04/16/san-rafael-the-real-estate-meltdown/</link>
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		<title>Free Directory Assistance Calls Save You Money</title>
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		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/03/21/free-directory-assistance-calls-save-you-money/</link>
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		<title>It pays to be an REO or Short Sale in Marin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
March 18, 2008In an earlier post here I explained what an REO home is (they are homes owned by a bank- usually after a foreclosure) as well as a Short Sale (a sale where the bank will take less than they are owed).
Poking around the Marin MLS I noticed that a large percentage of REO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/03/19/it-pays-to-be-an-reo-or-short-sale-in-marin/</link>
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		<title>What is a REO Home Sale?</title>
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REO House
March 10, 2008
REO is a real estate term which means &#8220;real estate owned&#8221;.  The real estate is owned by bank or lender, typically as a result of foreclosure.  When a bank lends you money to purchase a house, the home is collateral for the loan which means if you don&#8217;t make your payments the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/03/10/what-is-a-reo-home-sale/</link>
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		<title>What is a Short Sale?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 10, 2008
Short Sales are relativity new to the real estate/banking world.   What is a short sale and how do they affect buyer&#8217;s, seller&#8217;s, and banks.  Simply put a short sale is where a home sells for less money than the seller owes the bank and/or private lender.
For example, if you owe $500,000 on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/03/10/what-is-a-short-sale/</link>
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		<title>3 Years of Marin County January Homes Sales Stats</title>
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 Most of Marin County Real Estate does not know what a bubble is.  Sure, the Novato market is soft with lower prices and Marin County Starter Homes have not prices like this in years but when you look at the whole picture we are doing quite well.  The chart below is for single family homes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/02/04/3-years-of-marin-county-january-homes-sales-stats/</link>
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		<title>What does a Fed cut mean?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crazy market.  Below is commentary on what exactly is happening when the &#8220;Fed cuts rates.&#8221;
Yesterday&#8217;s Fed move caused folks to think back on what Fed Funds really are. Remember that &#8220;Fed Funds&#8221; is the rate that banks can borrow money from each other to keep their reserve amounts in line.  This is a one day, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.realtyofmarin.com/blog/2008/01/23/what-does-a-fed-cut-mean/</link>
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