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	<title>Welcome to Front Porch LLC</title>
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	<description>Front Porch is a  real estate company that wants you to know stuff. Really.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Did my mortgage lender pass its stress test? What were the rules again?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/05/did-my-mortgage-lender-pass-its-stress-test-what-were-the-rules-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliroger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fed &#8220;stress tested&#8221; 19 banks &#8212; by checking them for capital requirements under various scenarios.
If you want to know how your bank did, check out this NPR article by Yuki Noguchi.
Click to get the PDF Fed Stress Test Assumptions
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		<title>I am in contract to buy a new condo, but prices have dropped 20%, shouldn&#8217;t I just walk away?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/04/i-am-in-contract-to-buy-a-new-condo-but-prices-have-dropped-20-shouldnt-i-just-walk-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;re still employed, walkaways because of price drops don&#8217;t make any sense to me.
If the price had gone up 10% or 20% or 30% you wouldn&#8217;t be beating the developer&#8217;s door down to pay him more money.
Presumably, when you decided to buy an apartment, you thought that buying made sense, that you were financially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why am I here?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/03/why-am-i-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you came over from MoneyWatch/Bnet, I really just wanted to see if you&#8217;d click on anything.
Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;ll use my power wisely.
While you&#8217;re here, feel free to use the search nav on the right to ask any homebuying or selling questions you might have; to get back to MoneyWatch.com, click &#60;a href=&#8221;http://www.moneywatch.com&#8221;&#62;here&#60;/a&#62;.
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		<title>Why do brokers always lie about square footage?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/03/why-do-brokers-always-lie-about-square-footage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/03/why-do-brokers-always-lie-about-square-footage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliroger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OK buyers, I know that seeing &#8220;estimated&#8221; and inflated square footage numbers makes you crazy &#8212; it&#8217;s like being in a world of personal ads where everyone is &#8220;great-looking&#8221; and &#8220;sexy,&#8221; but turn the tables for a minute, and pretend you&#8217;re selling.
You would prefer your real estate agent to:
A) exaggerate/lie outright, as has historically been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I understand bidding low if a house needs renovation. But what can a buyer use to negotiate on a house when they don&#8217;t see too many negatives?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/02/i-understand-bidding-low-if-a-house-needs-renovation-but-what-can-a-buyer-use-to-negotiate-on-a-house-when-they-dont-see-too-many-negatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/02/i-understand-bidding-low-if-a-house-needs-renovation-but-what-can-a-buyer-use-to-negotiate-on-a-house-when-they-dont-see-too-many-negatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[           Thanks to sniper from streeteasy.com for this good question.
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Typically on a house the buyer makes an offer, and then uses the inspection to get some kind of credit or rollback. So when we sold the beach house (Nassau County) the buyers asked that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a condo owner sell while a tenant is in place? What happens to the tenant?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/02/can-a-condo-owner-sell-while-a-tenant-is-in-place-what-happens-to-the-tenant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/02/can-a-condo-owner-sell-while-a-tenant-is-in-place-what-happens-to-the-tenant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliroger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to streeteasy for this one. Usually the lease overrides but does not preclude the sale &#8212; so yes, the owner can sell, but then the new owner has to wait for the tenant&#8217;s lease to expire before moving in.
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		<title>Can I refinance my co-op without getting board approval? Would they even know?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/01/can-i-refinance-my-co-op-without-getting-board-approval-would-they-even-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/01/can-i-refinance-my-co-op-without-getting-board-approval-would-they-even-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliroger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Your co-op always knows when you refinance, here&#8217;s why:
When you buy into a co-op, you buy shares of stock in the corporation that controls the building. The corporation has a right to know who&#8217;s holding their stock, so if you pledge it to a bank for a mortgage, the bank makes the co-op sign a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the deal with the fourth quarter market numbers?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/01/whats-the-deal-with-the-fourth-quarter-market-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/01/whats-the-deal-with-the-fourth-quarter-market-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliroger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi All, Happy New Year! Below is the text of the first front_porch newsletter is a quick attempt to give you a little analysis of the New York City market reports that are coming out today.
* We&#8217;ve hit the stall, which can been seen because days on market lengthened significantly. According to the Miller Samuel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enough of the seller FSBO advice. What do I need to know to buy an apartment FSBO?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/01/enough-of-the-seller-fsbo-advice-what-do-i-need-to-know-to-buy-an-apartment-fsbo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2009/01/enough-of-the-seller-fsbo-advice-what-do-i-need-to-know-to-buy-an-apartment-fsbo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliroger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re buying an apartment, you&#8217;re really doing three things:
1) accepting price
2) accepting condition
3) accepting risk.
In addition, you need to get the building to 4) accept you.
If you are working on your own without an agent, the best check that the price is acceptable is that you&#8217;ve shopped around, and that you like your target [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I just moved into a new place and I can&#8217;t get my sofa and queen bed into the apartment! What do I do?</title>
		<link>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2008/11/i-just-moved-into-a-new-place-and-i-cant-get-my-sofa-and-queen-bed-into-the-apartment-what-do-i-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.frontporchllc.com/2008/11/i-just-moved-into-a-new-place-and-i-cant-get-my-sofa-and-queen-bed-into-the-apartment-what-do-i-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many movers will disassemble a sofa/cut it in half &#8212; we had it done, and they didn&#8217;t hurt the sofa, though they did kick over a can of Fresca onto the Oriental rug.
If you want somebody who specifically specializes, you can try Dr. Sofa, who has gotten decent press. Any competent upholsterer can do it [...]]]></description>
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