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• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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• As Bank Seizures Swell, Investors Seek Elusive Prey

  Mar 13, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  Consider the bank-owned property at 890 Sparrow Way in the Perris, Calif. community of Harmony Grove .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Corona, CA, Riverside County, CA

• Beacon Hill The House speaker is 'outraged' by allegations that he's...

  4 hrs ago | via Berkshire Eagle 

  House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi yesterday blasted back at opponents who have accused him of using his power and position to help friends and lobbyists, telling lawmakers in a forceful letter that he was ... 1 comment

  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Mortgage, Home

• DiMasi Calls Ethics Charges 'Baseless'

  16 hrs ago | via TheBostonChannel 

  House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi fired back Monday at critics who have accused him of a growing number of ethics violations, saying he had no plans to step down and vigorously denying his hold on the House is ...

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  Related Topix: Boston, MA, Home, Mortgage

• Business Profile

  Sunday | via IBerkshires 

  Five local women have banded together to establish Williamstown Realty Group, serving all of Berkshire County, eastern New York and Southern Vermont.

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  Related Topix: Berkshire County, MA, Williamstown, MA, Real Estate, Boston, MA, North Adams, MA

• Dacia Street on board as next Hub fixer-upper

  Saturday | via Boston Herald 

  M ayor Thomas M. Menino 's administration is tracking foreclosures across the city and this week will deploy blight-fighting city workers to a Dorchester neighborhood as part of an innovative campaign to rescue ...

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  Related Topix: Suffolk County, MA, Dorchester, MA, Foreclosures, Boston, MA

• Jenkins left mark on empty houses

  Saturday | via Boston Herald 

  E mbattled real estate investor Dwight Jenkins, 36, of Dorchester is tied to two foreclosed properties on Dacia Street.

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  Related Topix: Dorchester, MA, Boston, MA, Mortgage, Home

• The Flippers Market Gone Bust

  19 min ago | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  WBUR reports from Massachusetts. "More than 9,000 homes around Massachusetts have gone into foreclosure so far this year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Massachusetts

• Regional Briefs

  Yesterday | via Http 

  Massachusetts home sales and prices fell faster than they have in nearly 20 years during the first quarter of the year, according to The Warren Group and the Massachusetts Association of Realtors.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Worcester County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Housing, Worcester, MA, Massachusetts

• Legislative Bid to Buoy Slumping U.S. Housing Sector Meets Debate

  Thursday May 8 | via WMFE 

  Amid a continuing U.S. economic downturn, Capitol Hill lawmakers have been debating how to effectively provide relief for the housing crisis.

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  Related Topix: Suarez, Alternative, George Bush, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures

• Solar idea

  Thursday May 8 | via Worcester Magazine 

  It's difficult to argue against the logic of solar and wind power. They may not be the sole answer to today's energy problems, but they're a vital piece to that answer - providing cheap renewable energy.

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  Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Massachusetts, Mortgage, Home

• State acts to prevent takeover of homes

  Thursday May 8 | via MassLive.com 

  Local and state officials yesterday announced a state-funded regional program aimed at assisting homeowners who may be at risk of foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, West Springfield, MA, Massachusetts, Foreclosures, Warren, MA

• 'America's Most Wanted' notches 1,000th arrest

  2 min ago | via WPRI-TV East Providence 

  When he started "America's Most Wanted," John Walsh could point to at least one thing in its favor: Society's swampland of bad people doing bad things would never run dry.

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  Related Topix: John Walsh, Real Estate

• Foreclosures help self-storage business

  2 min ago | via KTAR / Local / Stories 

  The rising number of foreclosures means big business in the self-storage industry.

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• Bernanke: Financial turmoil in markets easing

  3 min ago | via Albany Times Union 

  Turmoil in financial markets has eased somewhat, but the situation is still "far from normal," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Sea Island, GA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• King of Pop's Neverland Ranch Auction Cancelled

  9 min ago | via WIBW-TV Topeka 

  A foreclosure auction scheduled this week for Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was canceled after an investment company bought the loan.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Financial Services, Investment Services

• Realtors No Longer at the Center of the Transaction...Is It Inevitable?

  10 min ago | via RealBlogging 

  A report released in March of this year opened with ... A "Statement of Inevitability" states that "consumer-focused real estate Web sites are gathering more and more information," and "without convenient, ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate