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		<title>Twin Cities Cash Home Purchases At Record-Breaking Levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Twin Cities continues to see spectacular demand from cash home buyers this year and is on track to make 2011 the biggest year ever for cash home purchases.  Since the 1st of this year, fully 1 in 4 home sales recorded by the RMLS of MN have been cash sales &#8211; 3600+ and counting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 in 3 Bank Owned Homes Under $100k Sold to Cash Buyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the first 6 months of 2010, 63% of all the bank owned homes under $100,000 were purchased with cash.  Why is this? Banks LOVE cashBanks that have foreclosure inventory on their books want to sell those homes quickly and they want to be sure that if they accept an offer that the buyer will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities: 1 in 6 Homes Purchased With Cash in 1st Half of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on data from NorthstarMLS, I was able to put together the following chart that shows how home buyers in the first 1/2 of 2010 were financing their purchases.  Fully 1 in every 6 buyers paid in cold hard cash, a huge increase from the 1 in 20 to 1 in 25 ratio more typical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors Competing with Home Buyers on Foreclosures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last 12 months I&#8217;ve had a few situations where my client&#8217;s offer on a foreclosure was rejected in favor of a cash offer.  In my office, I know of many others that have experienced the same thing. With the data provided by RMLS that I used yesterday to comment about FHA transactions, I am also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FHA Loans Make up Nearly 40% of Real Estate Sales in Twin Cities in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Dickinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The housing market continues to change and one of the largest changes in 2009 was the resurgence of FHA financing.  As lenders have tighted up financing requirements and increased down payments from 0% a few years ago to predominantly 10% today, FHA&#8217;s more forgiving standards and lower 3.5% down payment requirement have made it a very [...]]]></description>
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