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            <author>drake@coldwellbankerhomes.com (Drake Bratton)</author>
            <title>Market Update - A Local Perspective</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
As the holiday season approaches, buyers are continuing to look for opportunities in our local real estate market.&nbsp; The inventory of&nbsp;homes is plentiful, mortgage rates are at their lowest in memory, and homes prices have trended downward. According to the statistics in our Multiple Listing Service, NRRAR, the first 10 months of 2011 show our market area experiencing only a 1% decrease year-over-year in the number of homes sold and an 8% decrease in the average selling price, from $171... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:35:49 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>drake@coldwellbankerhomes.com (Drake Bratton)</author>
            <title>Looking for Stress-Free Living so you can play golf all year round?</title>
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Enjoy the&nbsp;life you've been dreaming of in this maintenance-free townhome in one of North Carolina's premier golf communities located just five miles from Historic Downtown New Bern and just minutes away from the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport.&nbsp; And just 30 miles from the beach!

This amazing, three bedroom, three bath Townhome, overlooks the the 1st Fairway of the Taberna golf course and is the best value availabe.&nbsp; It features a spacious kitchen with granite countertops, hard... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:37:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>drake@coldwellbankerhomes.com (Drake Bratton)</author>
            <title>A "New Normal" Market?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Here we&nbsp;are, well into the first quarter of the New Year, and I hear many clients and Realtors asking about what to expect for 2011.&nbsp; I wish I had a quarter for all the times I hear &quot;Maybe our market is now the &quot;new normal&quot;.&nbsp; I disagree.&nbsp; Nobody could expect to indefinitely continue the pace of&nbsp;development, appreciation, and speculation we experienced in 2005 through 2008.&nbsp; However, Realtors who work hard as professionals full time will continue to b... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:23:19 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>drake@coldwellbankerhomes.com (Drake Bratton)</author>
            <title>Why do we love living in New Bern?</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ I have been contemplating the first submission for our Coldwell Banker Willis-Smith blog. &nbsp;Why do we love living in New Bern? The answer is around us every day. I believe New Bern is a unique community peppered with advantages over competing towns and cities. Full disclosure would dictate that I am a New Bern native and biased toward my hometown.&nbsp; But I choose to live here.&nbsp; Looking out the window in early November at a sunny 68 degree afternoon with a fantastic orange sunset over... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:48:40 -0600</pubDate>
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