I am overwhelmed by many of the new technologies that are emerging, and wake up every day with a (hopefully healthy) fear of being left behind….  I never intended to get into real estate, but, being a third generation real estate agent, the business is in my blood.  The passion with which I awaken every day is kindled by my desire to help others and to earn to support my family….  John, in the US Virgin Islands.How is this not, in some fashion, like a chain letter?

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Housing Starts up (national news)K Hovnavian sees high cancellations (national with a local impact)Design by fire truckSuburbs versus fiber rolloutEcoMod gets some good press (local)PMI will be tax deductible next year!

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Does marketing with the word “integrity” really cause consumers to believe that that particular agent has more integrity than the ones who don’t market with the word “integrity”?

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At Seattle PI.It’s been so long since I last submitted to the Carnival, I forgot that not all posts get selected.  So, thank you very much!

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I have apparently been having DNS issues with my main site, jduncanrealestate, for about 36 hours now.  This is extraordinarily frustrating, as I just switched my mail to go through Google and now this.  My transition to my other site, provided by the excellent Ubertor is going to have to happen much sooner than anticipated.  And that’s just what I have been doing for the past five hours.

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A new construction development in Albemarle just reduced prices on a few remaining townhomes in increments of $25k and ~$40k.  The same models sold six months ago for significantly more than new models are currently being sold for* – in some cases $20-$40k more than new ones’ asking prices.  In effect, all surrounding, similar properties have been theoretically devalued.  Related reading*I hate ending a sentence with a preposition, but sometimes it’s necessary.

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Whoo-hooo.  HT: Daily Progress.

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