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	<title>Woodlands Home Central Conversations with Kristie</title>
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	<description>The place to learn about The Woodlands, Texas real estate market, home staging, and design.</description>
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		<title>Making An Offer On The Perfect Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In real estate making an offer on the perfect home takes research.  How do you go about doing this?  First, your realtor will provide you with data about recent solds in that particular area.  These are called comps, or comparables.  A very important report she will show you is called a CMA or comparative market analysis.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for the Perfect Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Searching for the perfect home in The Woodlands.  Our new buyers are now ready to start their new home search.  They are now preapproved, so we know exactly what price range they should be looking in.  In The Woodlands, which is located outside of Houston, homes typically sell for about 95-97% of asking price so we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preapproved vs Prequalified</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Preapproved vs prequalified for a real estate purchase, &#8220;what is the difference?&#8221; this was the question that my clients Jane and Jerry had when they first began looking for a new home.  They had received a  letter from a lending institution that was very generic.  Which did they have?  Here is the difference between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronicles of a First Time Home Buyer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the next few weeks I want to take you through the life of first time home buyers.  We will see the questions they have, the mistakes they may make, and the choices that they are presented with and make.  This is a professional couple, both are degreed individuals with promising careers in the field of engineering.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Warranties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“What is a home warranty and what does it cover?”  This was a question my mom asked just the other day.  You may have the same question.  As the average age of a typical Woodlands home increases things begin to break and need replacing.  A home warranty is a policy that pays repair or replacement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate - Real vs Personal Property</title>
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In real estate few things upset buyers and sellers as often as misunderstanding what is and what is not staying or going with the house.  At closing time, the last thing you want is a dispute over what goes with the house and what doesn’t. But it isn’t all that unusual for a buyer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving With Pets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Moving to a new home is stressful to you, but, moving to a new home is also stressful to your pet. So be patient and understanding and provide lots of affection. Here are some pointers to help you settle in safely and sanely. 

Cats
 For the first few days in your new home, it&#8217;s smart to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing Costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Closing Costs
There are numerous fees associated with the buying or selling of a home – these fees are called closing costs. Certain fees are automatically assigned to either the buyer or the seller; other costs are either negotiable or dictated by local custom.
 
Buyer closing costs
When a buyer applies for a loan, lenders are required to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodlands Alert System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woodlands homeowners, do you know about the alert system that we now have in our community?  You can sign up for it at the following address:
http://www.woodlandsalert.org/SelectAlert/login.aspx
This program is designed to notify The Woodlands homeowners of emergencies, burglaries, or other types of important or urgent community information.  You may receive the information via phone, or email.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://realestate.woodlandshomecentral.com/index.php/archives/9</link>
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		<title>The Woodlands Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to The Woodlands High School Athletics Department for receiving the Houston Chronicle&#8217;s Chronicle Cup Award.  Read about the award at the following address:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5873760.html
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