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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Alexandria Real Estate Blog</title><subtitle type="html">Alexandria Real Estate Blog - Up to date info on real estate in Alexandria VA</subtitle><id>http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61019.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2009-05-13T20:37:00Z</updated><entry><title>Alexandria Real Estate Market Update June 2009</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/2009/06/08/alexandria-real-estate-market-update-june-2009.aspx" /><id>http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/2009/06/08/alexandria-real-estate-market-update-june-2009.aspx</id><published>2009-06-08T21:07:00Z</published><updated>2009-06-08T21:07:00Z</updated><content type="html">The housing market has become very active in the past few weeks. The median price for single family homes jumped up from $500,000 in January 2009 to $540,000 in June 2009. Inventory is low and houses are staying on the market for shorter periods of time. In the lower price ranges under $350,000 we have seen fierce competition as first time home buyers are taking advantage of the low interest rates and the $8000 tax credit. There are many short sales and foreclosures providing and excellent investment...(&lt;a href="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/2009/06/08/alexandria-real-estate-market-update-june-2009.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=479523" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>632901</name><uri>http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/members/632901.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="Market Conditions" scheme="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx" /><category term="alexandria" scheme="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/tags/alexandria/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>$8000 Tax Credit</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/2009/05/13/d239bd51b6be4abea87f85c112f5438e.aspx" /><id>http://www.thealexandriaexpert.com/blogs/katalin_cseke/archive/2009/05/13/d239bd51b6be4abea87f85c112f5438e.aspx</id><published>2009-05-14T01:37:00Z</published><updated>2009-05-14T01:37:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;
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		A tax credit of up to $8,000 is available for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. Learn how you can take advantage of the tax credit to buy the home of your dreams. 
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		30 yr fixed mortgage rates at historic lows. Take advantage of this great incentive and lock in your low rate now! 
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