<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Front Gate Properties, LLC Real Estate</title> <atom:link href="http://www.frontgateaiken.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com</link> <description>We are the &#34;key&#34; to your Front Gate in Aiken, South Carolina</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:29:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Home Equity Loans Available Again</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/home-equity-loans-available-again/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/home-equity-loans-available-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:29:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Home Equity Loans]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4198</guid> <description><![CDATA[Banks are again offering home equity loans. Lenders are expected to make about $36 billion in new home equity loans over the next year, according to Moody’s Economy.com. That’s actually more than the $34 billion in home equity loans made in 2008. 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Stevens, testifying before a committee of the U.S. House, said his agency would probably insure 300,000 fewer home loans per year if the mandatory down payment was raised from 3.5 percent to 5 percent — [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fha-head-dont-raise-down-payments/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Should Buyers Try to Beat the Tax Credit?</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/should-buyers-try-to-beat-the-tax-credit/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/should-buyers-try-to-beat-the-tax-credit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:19:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Housing Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tax credits]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4121</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some potential home buyers say they&#8217;re holding out until the tax credits expire on the theory that prices will decline once the buying incentive is gone. 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This was the message presented Friday by Suzanne Watson, director of policy for the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), as she presented her organization&#8217;s report on South Carolina&#8217;s energy future in Aiken. Watson&#8217;s address aimed to make the &#8220;business case&#8221; for energy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/energy-efficiency-could-save-residents-thousands/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Garden Club&#8217;s Doll House gets repairs</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/garden-clubs-doll-house-gets-repairs/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/garden-clubs-doll-house-gets-repairs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:17:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aiken Garden Club Council]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hopelands and Rye Patch]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4187</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Aiken Garden Club Council, in cooperation with the City of Aiken and the Friends of Hopelands and Rye Patch Inc., are sprucing up the Council&#8217;s headquarters in Hopelands Gardens. The Council&#8217;s longtime home, the Doll House, is one of the oldest remaining outbuildings on the former Iselin estate, dating back to the early 1900s, according [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/garden-clubs-doll-house-gets-repairs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Area facility is approved for equine reproduction work</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/area-facility-is-approved-for-equine-reproduction-work/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/area-facility-is-approved-for-equine-reproduction-work/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:14:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dr. Sabrina Jacobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Equine Performance Vets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[frozen embryos]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4191</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Equine Performance Vets at the Aiken Complex is the first and only facility in South Carolina approved for processing and exporting frozen semen and embryos to the European Union. &#8220;We&#8217;ve done a lot of reproduction work in Aiken since I&#8217;ve been here &#8211; every year it&#8217;s doubled and quadrupled &#8211; and now it&#8217;s pretty busy during [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/area-facility-is-approved-for-equine-reproduction-work/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Renovation formed stables into now-restaurant, bar</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/renovation-formed-stables-into-now-restaurant-bar/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/renovation-formed-stables-into-now-restaurant-bar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:22:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic bed and breakfast.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rose Hill Estate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stables Restaurant and Bar]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4183</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rose Hill Estate has parked a new eatery in the stables to go with the historic bed and breakfast. 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While the administration is &#8220;redoubling&#8221; its efforts, Barr said the administration would not comment on the Senate&#8217;s bill until the actual proposal is released. 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Overall, mortgage applications rose only 0.5 percent last week. But applications to refinance declined 1.5 percent. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/recent-uptick-in-mortgage-applications/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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