Local Headlines
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Demand rises as many wait out housing market
16 hrs ago | via The Olympian
South Sound apartment vacancies remain tight and rents continue to rise, according to a fall survey of the Puget Sound apartment market.
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Monday Sep 29 | via The Olympian
John Episcopal Church on Capitol Way. It was the ninth move of the homeless camp in the past 20 months.
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Sunday Sep 21 | via North Kitsap Herald
' There lived two yurt dwellers who, amidst a mortgage crisis and housing industry bust, dared to seek bank funding to build the home of their dreams: a castle.
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Retailers pin hopes on garden, home show
Saturday Sep 13 | via The Olympian
A slower housing market and higher fuel prices were on the minds of vendors and visitors on the first day of the Olympia Master Builders 2008 Big Home and Garden Show.
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Aug 8, 2008 | via The Chronicle, Centralia, WA
Alicia Bull just couldn't take it any more. The Chehalis real estate agent had three open houses in one weekend, and one visitor.
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Regional Headlines
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Home sales up, prices down in Western Washington
6 hrs ago | via KOMO News
Home sales in Western Washington are up for the first time in more than a year and a half, prices are down and the inventory of homes on the market is tighter.
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Locals to get $200 million in settlement
7 hrs ago | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bank of America will give 9,500 Washingtonians about $200 million in help to keep their homes, and contribute more money to help people who already lost their homes or will have to move into rentals.
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Wash. Countrywide mortgage customers to see relief
7 hrs ago | via KTVB Boise
Nearly 10,000 Washington homeowners will split about $200 million as part of a settlement between 11 states and sub-prime lender Countrywide Financial Corp over deceptive mortgage practices.
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Buying or Selling a Home? Plus, Yale Economist Rober...
10 hrs ago | via KUOW-FM Seattle
Washington State sued Countrywide Financial and won. Countrywide Financial will modify loans and waive late fees for 10,000 Washingtonians whose homes are at risk of foreclosure.
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Lawsuit helps thousands of Countrywide customers in ...
12 hrs ago | via KGW-TV Portland
Relief is on the way for some homeowners at risk of foreclosure in Washington. Countrywide Financial Corp., a Bank of America subsidiary, would modify tens of thousands of loans in order to keep homeowners at ...
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National Headlines
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Congress probes Wall St. meltdown
2 min ago | via Pasadena Star-News
The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so ...
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Stocks Fall Sharply in Europe and Asia
3 min ago | via StarNewsOnline.com
Stocks tumbled Monday in Europe and Asia, and oil fell below $90 for the first time since February as fears grew that the financial crisis is spreading to the world economy.
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Credit fears cause market turmoil to spread worldwide
3 min ago | via Kansas City Star
Broadening credit fears triggered near-panic plunges in worldwide stock markets Monday — with the Dow closing below 10,000 for the first time in four years — and led to speculation that governments ...
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Foreclosures In Wisconsin Hit New Record
4 min ago | via WISN.com
Foreclosures in Wisconsin have hit a new record. According to ForeclosuresWisconsin.com, this year's number is more than 23 percent higher than it was last year.
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Wild swings start 4th week of uncertainty
4 min ago | via UnionLeader.com
After a breathtaking plunge that took the Dow Jones industrial average down 800 points -- its biggest drop ever during a trading day -- ending with a loss of 370 didn't seem so bad.
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