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      <description><![CDATA[Moving to Farragut from out of state? Hilary Kilgore — REALTOR® at Greater Impact Realty Knoxville — explains what newcomers actually pay, and the one-bill surprise.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A West Knox Realtor's hand-drawn map of Farragut spring — dogwood streets, cherry tunnels, the redbud weeks, and the photo spots locals queue up for every Easter.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[When you move to Farragut or Hardin Valley, finding your Mexican spot is one of the first decisions. Why Dos Agaves on Parkside earned our Sundays.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Eight East Tennessee day trips from Farragut in under two hours — Smokies, Asheville, Tellico, Townsend — with realistic drive times and what to skip.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A season of big change for Hilary Kilgore in Knoxville — a forever home in Fox Den, family on the mend, and a fresh chapter at Greater Impact Realty Knoxville.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hilary Kilgore — REALTOR® at Greater Impact Realty Knoxville — on the five mistakes Farragut sellers make before listing this spring, and how to fix each one in an afternoon.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rate-squeezed buyers in Knoxville don't have renovation budgets anymore. Here's the prep that's getting West Knox homes under contract in the first weekend.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you're pulling shots on a Breville Bambino before the I-40 rush, there's one step you're probably skipping that quietly ruins every extraction. The thirty-second fix that changed my mornings.]]></description>
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