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		<title>Princeton Review includes UNCW for 7th Consecutive Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its new book, THE BEST 373 COLLEGES – 2011 EDITION,  The Princeton Review has included UNCW in its list of best colleges in the southeast for the seventh consecutive year.
UNCW Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo said in a statement, “UNCW is proud to be recognized among such a prestigious group of universities.”
Robert Franek, author of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Now or Later?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently while reading an article about the housing market in Kiplinger magazine, we realized that many of you may feel you missed out as the first time home buyer’s tax credit draws to an end. The real story is that with mortgage rates at historic lows, hovering around 5%, there is still time to reap [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.finecoastalliving.com/blog/buy-now-or-later/</link>
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		<title>Market Update and Sneak Peak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may remember that last January, Wilmington experienced a mere 82 real estate transactions, which was a 60% decline from the year before. While last spring picked up some, 2009 ultimately was the slowest year New Hanover County had seen since pre-millennium days. The good news is&#8230;
This January, Wilmington had 128 sales! While this hardly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.finecoastalliving.com/blog/market-update-and-sneak-peak/</link>
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		<title>Become a homeowner in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! As you are in the midst of obtaining the list of 2010 resolutions which normally have a tendency to consist of hefty promises to yourself like hitting the gym, or tossing a bad habit, you may want to be enlightened on one more worthwhile resolution! According to a survey available on Move.com, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.finecoastalliving.com/blog/become-a-homeowner-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>2009 Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope your 2009 ended well and that your New Year is off to a great start! Our team ended the year strong with a 60% increase in sales, putting us in the top 1 percentile of agents in Wilmington.
As a whole, New Hanover County ended the year with just over 2500 transactions, down 11% from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.finecoastalliving.com/blog/2009-recap/</link>
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		<title>KW Commercial Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keller Williams Realty, Inc., the fourth largest real estate company in North America, launched their Commercial Division last fall.
Buddy Norman, a veteran of commercial real estate, joined Keller Williams as president of this new division. Norman has more than 18 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, including leadership within international firms, such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market down. KW up.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday Star News published a nice little article summarizing median home values and activity levels for various Wilmington zip codes.  You can click here to read it if you haven&#8217;t already.  In all, year-to-date activity for the area is off 29% from last year at this time and the average sales price is down 10.25%. 
Despite this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.finecoastalliving.com/blog/market-down-kw-up/</link>
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		<title>Pretty Good Shape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I normally don&#8217;t like to poke fun at houses or other Realtor&#8217;s marketing, but this listing was too good to resist. Click here to view.
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		<title>We </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it certainly has been an embarrassingly long time since our last post. Though the Wilmington real estate market took a 55% nose dive in January (for # of transactions), we&#8217;ve been busy &#8220;getting after it.&#8221; In times like these our seller clients need more marketing and more consulting than ever before.
That being said, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Fashion Victims Ball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Fashion Victim&#8217;s Ball was a huge success! On December 6th, approximately 300 people sacrificed fashion to benefit local charities at the Coast Line Convention Center. Guests wore gaudy, wacky attire, danced to the music of Lenny Frank, dined on yummy eats catered by Angie&#8217;s, and bid on silent auction items.
More than $4000 was [...]]]></description>
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