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• A Foreclosure Bargain for Their "Forever House"

  Wednesday May 14 | via Realty Trac 

  Karen Krynen saw an opportunity. Nestled at the top of a hill with a long private driveway, the bank-owned property sitting on a huge 40,946 square foot lot was exactly what she was looking for.

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  Related Topix: La Habra Heights, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

Featured Article

• A Foreclosure Bargain for Their "Forever House"

  Wednesday May 14 | via Realty Trac 

  Karen Krynen saw an opportunity. Nestled at the top of a hill with a long private driveway, the bank-owned property sitting on a huge 40,946 square foot lot was exactly what she was looking for.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: La Habra Heights, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

• Reflection: On Gambling: On Rolling out the Call: On Rolling Out the "Con"; On Delusion

  Wednesday May 14 | via Evansville Observer 

  Today we have news that year on year, foreclosures have increased 65% in April 2008.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Wisconsin, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• State CPAs have advice on economic stimulus payments

  Thursday May 15 | via Rivertowns.net 

  Whether by check or direct deposit, Wisconsinites are getting their economic stimulus payments, and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accoutants has some advice on what to do with the cash.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Home, Mortgage

• Wisconsin foreclosures keep coming

  Wednesday May 14 | via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal 

  Foreclosures continued to rise in Wisconsin last month, according to data from a national organization and a review of area court records.

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  Related Topix: Wisconsin, Foreclosures

• Existing home sales decline

  Wednesday May 14 | via WisInfo 

  MADISON - Sales of existing homes around Wisconsin for the first three months of the year are down 24.1 percent when compared with the same time last year.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Home Selling, Housing, Wisconsin, Appleton Metro, Appleton, WI

• Home sales, prices fell in 1st quarter

  Tuesday May 13 | via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

  The number of homes sold in Wisconsin, and their price, fell in the first quarter compared with a year ago, according to data released by the state Realtors association.

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  Related Topix: Milwaukee County, WI, Housing, Real Estate, Germantown, WI, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government

• Investing in a Down Market

  4 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  All investments depend on making returns, which in turn are affected by macro cycles such as the Great Depression or the dot-com boom.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Housing, Opinion

• How Will The US Economy Recover?

  4 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  You would probably have to have been living on a remote desert island for the better part of two years to not see any signs of the slowdown in the economy of the United States.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Catholic parishes tackling finance

  7 min ago | via Press-Telegram 

  The Rev. Jeffry Dillon switched from the religious to the secular on a recent Sunday morning to ask his parishioners a pointed question: "Do subprime mortgages scare you?" Then he announced that the Roman ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Charitable Organizations, Foreclosures

• With housing down, rentals are up

  7 min ago | via Philly.com 

  Megan Berry, a freshman transfer student at the University of the Arts, had been searching for an apartment since February, but couldn't find one she considered reasonably priced and in a safe neighborhood.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Philadelphia, PA

• Remedies for stocks' 'lost decade'

  7 min ago | via Philly.com 

  Investors who thought they could count on stocks to make up for the mediocre savings they have socked away in 401 s and IRAs are having an awakening.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Financial Markets