<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>RetroRate blog</title><description>Everything you wanted to know about assumable loans, as told by the people who won&apos;t stop talking about them.</description><link>https://www.retrorate.com</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://www.retrorate.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Bienvenidos to Below-Market Rates</title><link>https://www.retrorate.com/blog/bienvenidos-to-below-market-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.retrorate.com/blog/bienvenidos-to-below-market-rates</guid><description>Partnership brings RetroRate to MIAMI + RWorld members</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Andy Taylor</dc:creator><category>for-mls</category><category>for-agents</category></item><item><title>Getting Assumable Loans Out of the Remarks and Into the MLS</title><link>https://www.retrorate.com/blog/getting-assumable-loans-out-of-the-remarks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.retrorate.com/blog/getting-assumable-loans-out-of-the-remarks</guid><description>Policy work has a reputation. 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