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	<title>Michael Saunders Real Estate Blog &#187; Short Sales</title>
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		<title>Chicken or Egg?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders &#38; Company</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like the classic conundrum involving which came first, the chicken or the egg, here’s a question that never fails to ignite debate at cocktail parties everywhere:
  
	Which matters more when selling a home?  The agent you select to help you	accomplish the feat; or the company he or she works for?  
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		<title>Taming the Beast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders &#38; Company</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The road to recovery for Southwest Florida’s real estate market has been long and arduous; fraught with an overabundance of properties for sale—many of them short sales and foreclosures.  Yet following a winter in which sales of correctly-priced homes sizzled, even the most skeptical market watchers are trading die-hard pessimism for a healthy dose of informed optimism.]]></description>
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		<title>To Buy, Or Not To Buy (with apologies to WM. Shakespeare)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders &#38; Company</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With last weekend’s official beginning of Spring, the traditional high season for home sales also got underway.  Yet with the nation’s housing market behaving most untraditionally over the past few years, many would-be buyers are understandably scratching their heads, wondering if the right time to buy is now.]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Michael &#8211; What Are Some Alternative Ways To Buying And Selling A Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holli Schleicher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the following video, Michael Saunders discusses the property-buying and selling alternatives that have emerged and become more prevalent within the last few years.]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Short Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Saunders &#38; Company</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cristy Carrington Lewis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically, it takes several months—at best—to complete a short sale, with no guarantee at the outset of a positive result in the end. In fact, all efforts in the end may not prevent the property from going into foreclosure.]]></description>
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		<title>The Neighborhood Report &#8211; Englewood</title>
		<link>http://www.thesaundersblog.com/the-neighborhood-report-englewood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Butzko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Barbara Fendley Saputo, branch manager of Michael Saunders &#038; Company’s Englewood office, business to date in 2009 has surpassed 2008 in the same timeframe by 27 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>A Return to Bidding Wars? Tell Me More&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Properties]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[manatee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low home prices spur a return to bidding wars. Another indication that the housing industry may be in recovery mode.]]></description>
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