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	<title>Gary Limjap</title>
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		<title>Sell Your Santa Monica &amp; Brentwood Home w/ Simple Staging Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staging can help you highlight selling features that may otherwise be overlooked by buyers. If you&#8217;re looking to sell your Santa Monica, Brentwood or West Los Angeles home quickly and get top dollar&#8212;staging your real estate property effectively can help you get results. That means presenting your home in its best and most appealing light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2012/04/21/santa-monica-homes-staging-solutions/</link>
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		<title>12 Tips For Hiring The Best Santa Monica &amp; Brentwood Agent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12 tips for hiring the best real estate agent to assure maximum success. Interview two full-time agents just as you would hiring an attorney or physician Do not hire your good friend, relative or neighbor as a favor or out of guilt Do not select an agent based on the price they suggest to list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2012/04/01/tips-for-hiring-the-best-santa-monica-agent/</link>
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		<title>Latest Mortgage Rates For West Los Angeles Home Buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conforming Loan Limits ($417,000 and Under) Agency Jumbo Loan Limits ($417,001 &#8211; $625,500 Jumbo Loan Limits ($625,501 &#8211; $4,000,000 With these historically low rates and declining house prices, the typical Santa Monica, Brentwood and/or West Los Angeles family had more than double the income needed to purchase a median-priced home in January, according to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2012/03/12/latest-mortgage-rates-for-west-los-angeles-home-buyers/</link>
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		<title>FHA Will Increase Cost For Santa Monica and Brentwood Home Buyers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on a new article published by Lorraine Woellert, as of April 1st, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will increase up-front-premiums. If you have FHA clients on the fence, now is the time to buy before the cost of their loan goes up! They&#8217;re talking about increasing the up front mortgage insurance premium from 1% to 1.750% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2012/03/04/fha-will-increase-cost-for-santa-monica-and-brentwood-home-buyers/</link>
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		<title>Refinance Activity Highest Level Since August 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Refinance Activity Highest Level Since August. Read the article › &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2012/01/19/refinance-activity-santa-monica-ca/</link>
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		<title>Sunset Park in Santa Monica, CA Homes For Sale Market Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunset Park Single Family Homes Sales Report There were 73 homes sold in 2011 with a median home price of $980,000. This constitutes a 7% increase in sales from the prior year when 68 homes sold. The median home price increased over 7% from $914,000 the previous year. Sunset Park Condominiums Sales Report It was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2012/01/09/sunset-park-in-santa-monica-ca-homes-for-sale-market-report/</link>
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		<title>Santa Monica, California Is Becoming Known As &#8220;Silicon Beach&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Monica&#8217;s status as the destination of choice for technology and entertainment businesses got another boost with the $90-million sale to a Houston real estate investment firm of five &#8220;creative&#8221; office buildings — those highly designed, edgy alternatives to typical corporate environs. Lionstone Group, one of the largest owners of creative offices on the Westside, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2011/12/19/santa-monica-california-is-becoming-silicon-beach/</link>
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		<title>Income Tax after A Short Sale in Santa Monica or Brentwood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a short sale, there is still one more type of paperwork that the seller has to accomplish and it pertains to income tax after a short sale. Ordinarily, a debt that has been forgiven is still treated as taxable income. However, because of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, homeowners may qualify [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2011/12/16/income-tax-after-a-short-sale-in-santa-monica-or-brentwood/</link>
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		<title>Restoration On Conforming Loan Limit For FHA Mortgages in Santa Monica and West LA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news. In a compromise negotiated today, Congress agreed to restore the $729,750 conforming loan limit for FHA mortgages. The extension will continue until December 31, 2013 and applies to high cost areas including all of Los Angeles and Orange County. We were not able to restore the $729,750 limit for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages. As a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2011/11/16/restoration-on-conforming-loan-limit-for-fha-mortgages-in-santa-monica-and-west-la/</link>
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		<title>Bill Encourages Foreigners To Buy West LA Homes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new bipartisan bill has been proposed that would allow foreigners who spend $500,000 on a residential property to obtain visas allowing them to live in the United States. What do you think of this new proposed bill? &#8220;Bill Would Encourage Foreigners To Buy U.S. Homes.&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://garylimjap.com/2011/10/23/bill-encourages-foreigners-to-but-west-la-homes/</link>
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