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		<title>Watch Alec on Kare 11 Talking About Minnesota Housing First Time Buyer Loans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the clip from when co-host Alec Grebis was interviewed by Scott Goldberg on KARE 11 TV on 9/3/2010 talking about Minnesota Housing and the special loans for to help first time home buyers afford better homes without increasing their monthly payments.
In the interview he talked about the drop in the the Minnesota Housing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/watch-alec-on-kare-11-talking-about-minnesota-housing-first-time-buyer-loans</link>
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		<title>Should You Refinance Now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a host of different things that come into deciding whether or not you should refinance.  But, deciding if it makes sense in your individual situation can be tough without some outside guidance.  Answer as many of the questions below as you can, and we&#8217;ll get back to you with our opinion of whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/should-you-refinance-right-now</link>
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		<title>MN Housing drops rate to 3.75% for Qualified First Time Home Buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to buy $10,000 more home and not have a bigger monthly payment?
One of our partners here at Sweet Home Minnesota just did something really great.  Minnesota Housing, the State of Minnesota&#8217;s affordable lending program for first time buyers, just announced a massive drop in their interest rates.  Qualified first time buyers for MMP&#8211;the Minnesota [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/mn-housing-drops-rate-to-3-75-for-qualified-first-time-home-buyers</link>
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		<title>2037 Home Sweet Home, a look ahead by the StarTribune.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I was pouring over the online version of the StarTribune, flipping through the articles on housing.  I&#8217;ll try to do this most weeks before the show, to prepare myself for some of the questions that our audience will bring up.  Usually these articles spur the thoughts of listeners and they&#8217;ll come to us [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/2037-home-sweet-home-a-look-ahead-by-the-startribune-com</link>
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		<title>Listen to Previous Shows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Missed a show?  Want to hear something again?  You can listen to several months worth of shows on our official show page at the website for My Talk 107.1.
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		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/listen-to-previous-shows</link>
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		<title>New Zero Down Home Loan in MN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this past week&#8217;s show(8/8/10) our guest, Mike Haley with Minnesota Housing, announced a new zero down payment loan that is scheduled to be launched next week (8/16/10).  The new loan is called Affordable Advantage and is being done in partnership with Fannie Mae.  This will be the first zero down home loan available in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/new-zero-down-home-loan-in-mn</link>
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		<title>See Alec on KARE 11 News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished an interview with KARE 11 for their 6:00 news (8/6/10).  The focus of the story is on how it can be difficult for even well qualified people to get approved for mortgage right now because of appraisal issues and tighter scrunity.
Here is a link to the story now that it has run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/see-alec-on-kare-11-news-at-6-tonight</link>
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		<title>The Not So Big House Concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On last week&#8217;s show (7.25.10) we talked a fair amount about making home improvements that would have a higher impact when you went to resell your home.  One of the things we emphasized is that adding square footage that requires adding to your foundation almost never pays off.  The expense of that foundation work really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/the-not-so-big-house-concept</link>
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		<title>OMG 10 Crazy Houses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out these ten crazy houses.  MSN has a video posted of the 10 strangest houses in the world.  Follow this link to the video.
The homes include a house made out of bottles in Ukraine, the mobile-bike home in China, and all other sorts of crazy ideas and building materials.
So, this begs the question.  What is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/omg-10-crazy-houses</link>
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		<title>When to Refinance Home Loans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When does it make sense for Minnesota home owners to refinance their home loans?
This is a real common question I receive each week from listeners of Sweet Home Minnesota.  The answer, as with all things in life, is that it depends.  But, here&#8217;s a real simple breakdown for what you can look for right now. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sweethomemn.com/when-to-refinance-home-loans</link>
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