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		<title>Mortgage Rates Rally on Weak Economic Data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well what are interest rates doing on the heels of the July statistics on home sales? Check out the experts thoughts on the matter. Mortgage Rates Rally. Good news on interest rates for now, yet rates certainly cannot stay this low forever. Check out the recap with charts and commentary in clicking on the link [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/08/mortgage-rates-rally-on-weak-economic-data/</link>
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		<title>National Association of REALTORS Chief Economist Said</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said a soft sales pace likely will continue for a few additional months. “Consumers rationally jumped into the market before the deadline for the home buyer tax credit expired. Since May, after the deadline, contract signings have been notably lower and a pause period for home sales is likely to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/08/national-association-of-realtors-chief-economist-said/</link>
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		<title>MAINE HOME SALES DECREASE 30% IN JULY ~ Why?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the reason just released in the press today. MREIS reports Maine home sales decreased 30.07% in July 2010 compared with July 2009. The decrease was anticipated, reflective of the end of the federal tax credit which had created an accelerated demand to go under contract by a specific date. National home sales figures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/08/maine-home-sales-decrease-30-in-july-why/</link>
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		<title>Longterm Rates Set New Record Low</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the ideal climate to purchase real estate due to record low interest rates, low inflation, high inventory in our Downeast area, plus the many tax credits presently in place. To use a nautical term it is the &#8220;Perfect Storm&#8221; made famous by the novel and movie of the same name. It is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/07/longterm-rates-set-new-record-low-3/</link>
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		<title>If It Was My Home – Visualizing the BP Oil Spill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the gravity and devastation of the magnitude of the oil spill that our southern coastal states are experiencing with no end in sight. What would it be like if in happened in our backyard? How would it affect Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, the pristine coast of Maine, our fishermen and women, our seafood, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/07/if-it-was-my-home-%e2%80%93-visualizing-the-bp-oil-spill/</link>
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		<title>Great Articles on all aspects of Real Estate</title>
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		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/06/174/</link>
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		<title>Plenty of Reasons to Buy a Home Even after the Tax Credit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plenty of Reasons to Buy a Home Even after the Tax Credit Consider the following as many buyers missed the deadline for the tax credit. It is not the first time any of us missed a deadline at our own expense. Yet there are still other reason for us to proceed rather than lament the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/06/plenty-of-reasons-to-buy-a-home-even-after-the-tax-credit/</link>
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		<title>Pending Home Sales Surge Continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More national and regional figures are now complied that reveal once again the real estate market in getting stronger.The glimpse below is on the &#8220;sale pendings&#8221; which is telling news for what is unfolding in our area and across the country. RISMEDIA, June 7, 2010—Pending home sales have risen for three consecutive months, reflecting the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/06/pending-home-sales-surge-continues/</link>
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		<title>College of the Atlantic ~ Graduates 70 with Degrees in Human Ecology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many years, I have seen you on the streets of Bar Harbor, in the National Park and in the shops. Most of you, I do not know, yet I have worked and laughed with some of you and searched with others for real estate here in town. It is doubtful that you or others [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/06/college-of-the-atlantic-graduates-70-with-degrees-in-human-ecology/</link>
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		<title>Which Maine Industries Are On The Side on Vote Yes On #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANY MAINE INDUSTRIES ON SIDE OF VOTE YES ON 1: Recent organizations to join the Vote Yes on 1/Vote Yes to Reject Coalition include the Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce, Maine Snowmobile Association, Caribou Chamber of Commerce, Maine Motor Transport Association and ABC of Maine. Initial founders of the YES ON ONE coalition include [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tedkoehler.com/2010/06/which-maine-industries-on-side-of-vote-yes-on-1/</link>
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