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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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Local Headlines

• City well on private property to be dismantled

  Thursday Jun 19 | via Water Technology 

  A Linn County judge has ordered that the city of Harrisburg must dismantle a well that it placed on the incorrect side of a property line, according to a June 18 Associated Press article in the Oregonian .

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  Related Topix: Linn County, OR, Real Estate

• Tucker tops Spasaro in commissioner race

  May 31, 2008 | via Albany Democrat-Herald 

  He'll face Gordon Kirbey Jr., who ran unopposed, for Position 3 Will Tucker of Lacomb has defeated former federal drug enforcement agent Michael Spasaro of Lebanon to win the Republican nomination for Position ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Lebanon, OR, US News, Linn County, OR

• Obama New Oregon Superdelegate Impugns McCain's Ethics

  May 9, 2008 | via TheBlueSheet 

  One of the newest superdelegates to join Flock Obama, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., attacked Sen.

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  Related Topix: Albany, OR, Peter DeFazio, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• City seeks Realtor to sell main library

  Feb 7, 2008 | via Albany Democrat-Herald 

  The city of Albany is looking for a local commercial Realtor to sell the main library at 1390 Waverly Drive S.E. Letters have been mailed out to several Realtors in the area but the city does not want to ...

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  Related Topix: Albany, OR, Real Estate, Libraries, Salem, OR, Linn County, OR

• Stopped by M49

  Feb 4, 2008 | via Albany Democrat-Herald 

  How Oregon voters dashed the plans of a retired man to pay for his wife's care By Hasso Hering Albany Democrat-Herald This is the story of Charles and Lillian Fischer, who bought a 30-acre farm in Benton County ...

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  Related Topix: Albany, OR, Benton County, OR, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Agriculture, Science

Regional Headlines

• Front Porch

  Saturday | via The Oregonian 

  Who's up, down, and upside down in real estate Falling demand, falling prices and falling jobs More, um , uplifting news about the Oregon housing picture: From Wells Fargo economist Ed Kashmarek's report on the ...

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• Oregon Coast Weekly Picks: Weird Babies, Food Fest and Murder

  Monday Jun 30 | via Beach Connection 

  Murder is fun this weekend in Newport. You can indeed find your thrill on the Oregon coast's version of Strawberry Hill.

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  Related Topix: Yachats, OR, Home Gardening, Home, Housing, Oregon, Cannon Beach, OR

• Oregon Coast Lodgings Urge Book Fast for Holiday Weekend

  Monday Jun 30 | via Beach Connection 

  You should've booked your holiday rooms a while ago for the Oregon coast, say numerous coastal lodging entities.

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  Related Topix: Depoe Bay, OR, Cannon Beach, OR, Astoria, OR, Oregon, Housing, Seaside, OR

• Economic outlook

  Friday Jun 27 | via Oregonlive.com 

  It's bad, economists agree. But just how bad? Wells Fargo's Ed Kashmarek is the latest to weigh in on Oregon's outlook, issuing a report Friday forecasting a modest downturn in the Portland area.

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• Lodging Deals Erupt Along with Seasonal Colors on Oregon Coast

  Thursday Jun 26 | via Beach Connection 

  It's a sort of changing of the guard along the coastline, as the colored leaves begin hitting the ground and the lodging prices begin to drop along with them.

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  Related Topix: Arch Cape, OR, Yachats, OR, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Housing, Oregon, Cannon Beach, OR

National Headlines

• Senate to resume work today on housing bill

  4 min ago | via NAFCU 

  July 7, 2008 - The Senate returns to work today and is scheduled to vote on a motion to invoke cloture on what remains to be debated in a housing bill, including $300 million in guarantees for mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• June slack for county's builders

  7 min ago | via The Columbian 

  Clark County's home-building industry turned in another lackluster month in June at a time when the summer construction season is usually kicking into gear.

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  Related Topix: Clark County, WA, Home Building, Home, Housing

• Most folks in Otisville understand change

  7 min ago | via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-Record 

  We are working stiffs who wonder how on earth we will pay for gas, mortgages and heat.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Orange County, NY, Otisville, NY, Middletown, NY

• Housing market in Welsh town shows wider woes

  3 hrs ago | via Earthlink 

  "I'd love to, but I'm single and I can't afford to buy anything on my own, nobody would give me a mortgage," explained Williams, a delivery driver who has just moved back home with his parents after his rent ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Las Vegas, NV, Real Estate, Wrexham, Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage

• Sister-Owned Welch Builders Thrives Despite Tough Market

  9 min ago | via The Daily News 

  IN THE BLOOD: Dawn Kinard, who co-founded Welch Builders LLC with her sister, Danya Welch, stands beneath a portrait of her father, Jackie Welch, owner of Welch Realty.

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