Local Headlines
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Tuesday Jul 7 | via Planning
The title on Sherry Smith's business card -- homeownership consultant -- doesn't jibe with the 67 active case files stacked on her desk or the boxes filled with folders that line her office walls. 33 comments
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Housing Bulletin: Bill Rancic Buys and Sellsa "...
Wednesday Jul 1 | via Chicago Magazine
Bill Rancic, the Chicagoan who first won Donald Trump's TV reality show The Apprentice , has turned out to be the buyer of a foreclosed condo at the Park Tower that I wrote about here in early June. Comment?
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Tapped out taxpayers can't sacrifice any more, Mr. M...
Saturday Jun 27 | via Illinoisreview
For some strange reason, the Southtown Star's website seemsunable to includein Fran Eaton's regular bi-weeklycolumn listingsher June 24thresponse to CapitolFaxRich Miller's June 22state-endorsed sermon/column entitled "We all need to sacrifice for budget" calling on Illinoisans to bite the bullet and go along with the Democrat's proposed state ... Comment?
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Loan programs offer hope for niche borrowers
Feb 24, 2008 | via Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV
Lenders want to see borrowers with ample incomes, down payments and polished credit. Comment?
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Foreclosure threat for $19.3 mil horse farm
Friday Jun 19 | via Daily Herald
The 400-acre Horizon Farms off Algonquin Road - one of the largest and most expensive properties in affluent Barrington Hills - is now under threat of foreclosure. Comment?
Regional Headlines
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Think There's Lots of Time for Tax Credit? Think Again
4 hrs ago | via Black Enterprise
Jul. 10--Do you hear that clock ticking? It's the sound of time creeping up on the expiration of the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. Comment?
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16 hrs ago | via KWQC-TV Davenport
It's a plan city officials say would create new and improved neighborhoods. And local cities are asking for more than $36-million dollars in stimulus money for improvements. Comment?
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Yesterday | via The Doings Weekly
RE/MAX Northern Illinois network recognized area sales associates for their success in 2008 by granting them membership in honorary clubs, recognizing a level of achievement in sales productivity. Comment?
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Mortgage fraud up nationwide, down in Washington, FB...
Yesterday | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington is one of the few states where mortgage fraud reports declined last year, according to a new report. Comment?
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Influence on both sides of the border
Apr 6, 2007 | via Myphl17.com
To outsiders, the men and women gathered inside a sleepy West Side restaurant may have seemed unlikely power brokers: a janitor, a real estate agent and others hardly known outside their circuit of neighborhood dances and back-yard barbecues. Comment?
National Headlines
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Shanghai used-home index hits new high
4 min ago | via Shanghai Daily
SHANGHAI'S second-hand housing index rose to a record high last month amid increasingly strong sentiment among home buyers, particularly for upscale residences. Comment?
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Adding it up: The true cost of owning a home
4 min ago | via Kansas' CW
If you're entertaining thoughts of buying your first home now that median home prices nationwide are at a five-year low, take note: The cost of home ownership might be a lot more than you think. Comment?
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Mary Holm : Plenty left in kids' piggy bank
4 min ago | via NZ Herald
My partner and I joined our 10-year-old daughters to KiwiSaver some 18 months ago. Comment?
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Help with medical school loans
3 hrs ago | via CNN Money
Question 1. I have 8,000 dollars saved but it is just sitting in a savings account earning almost no interest. Comment?
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The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Buffalo, New York in Recei...
10 min ago | via Hotel Online
The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Buffalo, New York in Receivership: Owner NS Partners Failed to Pay Over $2 million in Taxes and Debt Jul. Comment?

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