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Above Asking: $40,000 to $86,000 Over List
UrbanTurf Staff | September 3rd 2013
In Above Asking, UrbanTurf sifts through real estate records and highlights homes that we have featured which recently sold for above their asking pri... read»
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Shilpi Paul | August 23rd 2013
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