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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes

  Monday Jun 30 | via Realty Trac 

  Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• Abilene banks rejoice

  16 hrs ago | via Report news 

  Abilene bankers rejoice that their business hasn't been hit by the woes that have forced the closing of five U.S. banks this year, the latest on July 11 in California.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Dallas (University of Texas System), University of Texas System, Abilene, TX

• Price is king, but extras might catch buyer's attention

  Monday Jul 7 | via Northwest Florida Daily News 

  Flashy buyer incentives like a new car parked in the driveway or a flat-panel TV might grab headlines but when it comes to actually enticing someone to buy a home it's the more practical perks that count, ...

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  Related Topix: Lansing, MI, East Lansing, MI, Home Buying, Home

• Setting the facts straight

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Abilene Reporter-News 

  Letters to the editors and opinion editorials are examples of free speech at work.

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  Related Topix: Borderline, Country, Foreclosures, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro

• Familiar Faces

  Jun 7, 2008 | via Corsicana Daily Sun 

  Teetz receives degree Carrie Anne Kent Teetz received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree from Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine on May 8 in College Station.

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  Related Topix: College Station, TX, Bryan Metro, Real Estate, Abilene, TX

• Consumers, housing turn index southward

  May 25, 2008 | via Abilene Reporter-News 

  By Karr Ingham / AbileneBiz contributor Sunday, May 25, 2008 The Abilene Economic Index continues to indicate that a trend change is in the offing, having shifted from strong growth through the spring of 2007, ...

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  Related Topix: Home Building, Housing, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro

Regional Headlines

• Gang behind Dallas-Fort Worth home invasions built empire on force, strategy

  14 hrs ago | via Quick 

  They were the Renaissance men of crime, a mixture of white-collar cunning and blue-collar ruthless violence.

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, Rockwall, TX, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Texas, Denton, TX, Home, Mortgage

• Schnurman: North Texas housing market is still troubled

  19 hrs ago | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  We averted one crisis last week, after the government pledged to keep the mortgage money flowing at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Dallas (University of Texas System), Dallas Metro, University of Texas System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  Yesterday | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  Yesterday | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  Friday | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  5 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  7 min ago | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Chuck Jaffe: Most money-market funds are safe from financial meltdown

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Edward in Brockton, Mass., got scared enough by the headlines a week ago that he did the unthinkable.

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  Related Topix: Boston Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Antioch Police Department Sued by ACLU

  4 hrs ago | via Associated Content 

  Antioch is a growing city of a little more than 100,000 people situated at the Eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  Related Topix: ACLU, San Francisco, CA, Antioch, CA, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  13 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, US News