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		<title>Portland Oregon Market Report December</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December Residential Highlights Sales activity in the Portland metro area continued to show improvement in closed and pending sales when comparing this December to the same month a year ago. Closed sales experienced a 10.3% increase, while pending sales saw growth of 19.3%. However, there were 11.7% less newly listed residential properties. Month-to-month, closed sales [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2012/01/18/portland-oregon-market-report-december/</link>
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		<title>The Original &#8211; A Dinerant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who love bacon&#8230; have you tried it in a milkshake yet?!  We accidentally found ourselves at The Original, A Dinerant.  We were there specifically for dessert, and there was a maple bacon milkshake on the menu!  Well who can pass that up!?!  They also had milkshakes with alcohol, which some of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2012/01/11/the-original-a-dinerant/</link>
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		<title>November Portland OR Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November Residential Highlights Similar to last month, sales activity in the Portland Metro area showed improvements in closed and pending sales this November 2011 compared with November of last year. Closed sales went up 18.9% in November 2011 compared to November 2010. Pending sales rose 18.2%, while there were 18.1% less newly listed residential properties. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/12/23/november-portland-or-market-report/</link>
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		<title>Portland Oregon Market Report October</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October Residential Highlights Similarly to last month, sales activity in the Portland Metro area showed improvements in closed and pending sales this October 2011 compared with October of last year. Closed sales went up 14.1% in October 2011 compared to October 2010. Pending sales saw a rise of 15.1%, while there were 22% less newly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/11/17/portland-oregon-market-report-october/</link>
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		<title>Zillow Accuracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology has enabled people to research information that previously was only available from real estate agents.  The average person can get on the internet and get an estimate of what their home, or their potential home, is worth.  Websites like Homes.com, Trulia and Zillow get used a lot to start their home search.  Nowadays people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/11/15/zillow-accuracy/</link>
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		<title>One of America&#8217;s Best Downtowns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Portland Oregon has been recognized on a short list of America&#8217;s best downtowns.  They looked at attributes like attractiveness, accessibility, diversity of offerings, shops, restaurants, proximity of parks and cultural options. &#8220;Although Portland is well known as a city that is friendly to bicyclists, it also has a walkable and attractive downtown that offers a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/10/28/one-of-americas-best-downtowns/</link>
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		<title>Portland Oregon Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September Residential Highlights &#160; Sales activity in the Portland Metro area showed improvements in closed and pending sales this September compared with September 2010, and the inventory level remained much lower than the same month in 2010. Closed sales grew 13.4% in September 2011 compared to September 2010. Pending sales were also up 17.5%, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/10/19/portland-oregon-market-report-9/</link>
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		<title>Portland OR Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July Residential Highlights Closed and pending sales were both up in July 2011 compared with July 2010. Additionally, the inventory level in July 2011 was down 3.8 months compared with the same month a year ago. Closed sales grew 21% in July 2011 compared to July 2010. Pending sales were up 18.4%, and new listings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/08/16/portland-or-market-report-4/</link>
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		<title>How To List and Buy at the Same Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first key is planning.  Meet with your lender about 6 months before you start looking so that anything that can be fixed on your credit gets taken care of before it is time to list and start looking at homes.  Talk to your real estate agent and lender about what you can realistically get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/08/08/how-to-list-and-buy-at-the-same-time/</link>
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		<title>Portland Oregon Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June Residential Highlights While closed sales were down in June 2011 compared with June 2010, pending sales jumped compared with the same month a year ago, and inventory hit the lowest level since July 2007. Closed sales were down 2.7% in June 2011 compared to June 2010. Pending sales were up 23.7%, and new listings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://tonyandlibbyrealestateblog.com/2011/07/18/portland-oregon-market-report-8/</link>
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