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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; Laurie Knudsen</title>
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		<title>Roll  fall: Charlotte real estate trade groups’ memberships take hit in recession&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/22/roll-%e2%80%a8fall-charlotte-real-estate-trade-groups%e2%80%99-memberships-take-hit-in-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Board of Commercial Realtors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karnes Research Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, before the recession, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association had 8,152 members. Today, its membership is thinner by about 1,407, a decline that, no doubt, is a byproduct of the market’s downturn. It’s not as much of an exodus as CRRA President Laurie Knudsen said she was expecting. “We don’t necessarily depend on membership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some agents  frustrated with  CMLS’ policy for  reporting  home sizes&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolinas Multiple Listing Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Strom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Adams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Osman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keller Williams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Real Estate Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Re/Max Metro Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rinehart Realty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the Carolinas Multiple Listing Service changed its method of describing square footage, Re/Max Metro Realty broker-in-charge Eric Strom says it hasn’t created the headaches some agents predicted. Beginning in 2008, CMLS’ system has reported the square footage of homes for sale in a range. That means that a prospective homebuyer doesn’t know from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte-area real estate agents say customized  urls are helping sales&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/08/05/charlotte-area-real-estate-agents-say-customized-%e2%80%a8urls-are-helping-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Ballard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Adams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negotiable Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Re/Max Executive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Sadler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to keep potential buyers from tuning out, some Charlotte-area real estate agents are encouraging them to log on &#8212; to custom street-address-based websites for individual listings. The basic marketing plan goes like this: Reserve a .com or .info domain name for a website devoted to one property using the home’s address, such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agents crack QR code for selling&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/08/03/agents-crack-qr-code-for-selling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Adams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Association of Realtors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Re/Max Executive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though sign riders with customized websites for listings are growing in popularity with Charlotte real estate agents, they might be giving way to another trend. On “for sale” signs, some Charlotte-area agents are using Quick Recognition, or QR, codes, a black-and-white collection of dots and squares that can be photographed with a smart phone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte real estate agents report uptick in demand&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/07/26/charlotte-real-estate-agents-report-uptick-in-demand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dane Warren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dane Warren Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Scarborough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Adams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Beach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plank Road Realty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These days, trying to sell a home in Charlotte can be daunting. Owners face competition from a glut of properties sitting in a slow-moving housing market, not to mention low-priced foreclosure and short sale properties. All that can add up to homes sitting on the market for months or even more than a year. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report gives insight into foreclosures, but picture might be incomplete&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/24/new-report-gives-insight-into-charlotte%e2%80%99s-foreclosure-problem-but-picture-might-be-incomplete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction and Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10K Research and Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Marie Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benham Real Estate Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Countryside Properties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Benham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Adams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Frontera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Kluth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Wurtzbacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The W Realty Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanda Smith & Associates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association rolled out a new report designed to give more insight into the volume of foreclosures and short sales taking place in the Charlotte area. The report, free to CRRA members and the public, focuses on so-called lender-mediated real estate activity. But while the report helps to shed some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing market shows signs of life, agents say&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/13/housing-market-shows-signs-of-life-agents-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 20:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolina Multiple Listing Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Realtor Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Adams Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Knudsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Townhome Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prudential Carolinas Realty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Lindsley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the Great Recession still packing a punch, the sweet spot for Charlotte&#8217;s residential real estate market continues to be homes priced at $120,000 or less. But real estate agents say a growing number of people with deeper pockets are starting to buy homes in the half-million-dollar range. Both sectors offer a glimmer of hope [...]]]></description>
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