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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is my final post on wordpress.com! C&#8217;mon over to my NEW website and blog at It&#8217;s Good To Have A Friend In The Business and change your bookmark to http://KimHannemann.com]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past week I have moved from this wordpress.com blog site to a new platform where I can (a) use my domain kimhannemann.com (formerly a rather bad template site) and (b) incorporate a great search tool called RealBird and other new features. Change your bookmark (you DO have a bookmark for my site, don&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Use A Buyer’s Agent? Because You’ll Get A Better Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another piece on buyer&#8217;s agents from Greg Swann: Are home-buyers best served by the vigilant efforts of an experienced buyer’s agent? Consider a transaction we have in play right now. The buyers are a young couple, about to be married. They have about $10,000 in cash. With a conventional loan, they could put 20% down [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>If You Can Search The MLS, Why Do You Need An Agent?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Hannemann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From agent Greg Swann in the Arizona Republic: Here’s an intriguing question: Given that it’s so easy to search for homes on the internet, why do you need a buyer’s agent? Face it, if you use the MLS search tool on my web site, you’re seeing exactly the same listings I see. And you know [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>First US Large-Scale Solar Power Tower</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Hannemann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OK, for those of you who care about my family (of course all of you do) you might be interested in watching the National Geographic Channel at 5 PM on Thursday, July 16 where Sean Riley in World&#8217;s Toughest Fixes will participate in constructing America&#8217;s first large-scale solar power tower, courtesy of eSolar, Chris&#8217;s company. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Springfield Town Center Plan Finally Moves Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the Fairfax Times today: A complete overhaul of the Springfield Mall and surrounding areas gained final approval July 13. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved turning the 34-year-old mall property into a more urban-style town center that the community hopes will once again make central Springfield a destination. “Springfield Mall needed a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Northern Virginia Home Sales June 2009</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Hannemann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[June 2009 home sales activity for Fairfax and Arlington counties, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church and the towns of Vienna, Herndon and Clifton: A total of 2,169 homes sold, 14.2% more than  June 2008 home sales of 1,900 and the 11th consecutive month of higher year-over-year sales. Active listings decreased by 27 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Northern Virginia Home Sales May 2009</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Hannemann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[May 2009 home sales activity for Fairfax and Arlington counties, the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church and the towns of Vienna, Herndon and Clifton: A total of 1,803 homes sold in May 2009, a 5% increase over May 2008 home sales of 1,724. This is the 10th consecutive month of increased year-over-year sales. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t Tar-Jay Get With The Program?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Examiner: Supervisors delay Springfield Mall redevelopment Fairfax County supervisors on Monday [5/18/2009] delayed a vote on the long-awaited overhaul of Springfield Mall after an unresolved issue among landowners knocked the project off course. County officials and mall owners alike had hoped for a quick rezoning approval that would have allowed the ambitious [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Appraisal Rules &#8211; A Problem, or A Solution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday&#8217;s Washington Post Real Estate section featured an article by Ken Harney entitled, &#8220;New Appraisal Rules Come With Costs,&#8221; in which he posits the following scenarios: The real estate appraisal that used to cost you $325 now costs $450, even though the appraiser doing the work is getting only $175 or $200. Your appraisal-related charges [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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