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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

• Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks see-saw solidly lower as oil rises

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via MarketWatch 

  U.S. stocks on Wednesday thudded lower in afternoon trade, with Cisco Systems Inc.

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  Related Topix: Telecom, Computers, Cisco Systems, Financial Markets, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Tanglewood aims for new start

  Saturday Jul 5 | via The Daily Advance 

  The sources said Tanglewood Development encountered cash-flow problems in February when lenders sued the company, claiming it had defaulted on loans totalling $17.6 million.

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  Related Topix: Advance, NC, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Mazzella: Wherever I go, here I am

  May 7, 2008 | via The Daily Advance 

  I've heard some newer residents say it takes a long time to belong here. Some say it's hard to break into the small communities in northeastern North Carolina where your last name or years living in the same ...

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  Related Topix: Home Renting, Advance, NC

• Early losses become gains as unease lingers

  May 7, 2008 | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  Wall Street reversed early losses to close higher Tuesday, as investors monitored the movements of record-high oil prices but still laid bets that the economy and companies are in recovery mode.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Markets, Advance, NC, Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag

• Earnings, rate cut help get investors buying

  Mar 19, 2008 | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  Wall Street stormed higher Tuesday as investors, optimistic after stronger-than-expected earnings from two big investment banks, were also galvanized by the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Advance, NC

Regional Headlines

• Macon Mall faces foreclosure

  7 hrs ago | via The Macon Telegraph 

  Foreclosure action has begun against Macon Mall because of nonpayment on a $141.2 million loan, and a new management company has been approved by the court to take control of the 1.4 million-square-foot ...

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Startups, Jones Lang LaSalle, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Jones Lang Lasalle

• Victory Won in the Foreclosure Struggle of Rubie Curl-Pinkins

  19 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire 

  Dear activists and concerned community members, Victory was won today in the struggle to stop the foreclosure and eviction of Rubie Curl-Pinkins from her home on Holden Street in Detroit! Today was the date ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, North Carolina

• Raleigh foreclosures up, still better than national rate

  Yesterday | via Wral.com 

  Foreclosures in the City of Raleigh were 64 percent greater in the second quarter of 2008 than in the same period last year.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, Housing

• John Edwards in town

  Yesterday | via Off the Kuff 

  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards was in town this week to promote his anti-poverty agenda.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election

• Gloomy Virginia: Foreclosure crisis likely to worsen, says analyst

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Delaware Coast Press 

  Government and community leaders from throughout Virginia gathered Wednesday to consider how they can reverse a disturbing spike in foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, North Carolina, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  7 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  8 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  8 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  8 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  8 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home