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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

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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

• County Jobless Rate Up to 5.2%

  Saturday Apr 19 | via The Press Democrat 

  Sonoma County's jobless rate hit 5.2 percent in March -- its highest for that month since 2004 -- as the nation's economy continued to slide, state labor analysts said Friday.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Montague, CA, Sonoma County, CA

• Mitch Clogg challenge Thompson

  Mar 13, 2008 | via Ukiah Daily Journal 

  Mendocino resident Mitch Clogg is set to take on Rep. Mike Thompson in the June primary for the Democratic party's nomination to run for the 1st District House of Representatives seat, and the rhetoric is ...

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  Related Topix: Mendocino, CA, Mortgage, Home, Crescent City, CA, Sacramento, CA, Mendocino County, CA

• Area real estate woes continue

  Feb 20, 2008 | via The Willits News 

  Real estate sales in California and across the nation peaked in 2005 before experiencing a sharp decline in 2006, followed by a steeper decline in 2007.

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  Related Topix: Sonoma County, CA, Mendocino County, CA, Housing, Willits, CA

• The Predicted Soft Landing Failed To Materialize

  Jan 10, 2008 | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  The Mt Shasta Herald reports from California. "According to mortgage broker Jacob Barr, the Lake Shastina area has been hit to some degree with foreclosures, but the rest of Siskiyou County has largely escaped ...

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  Related Topix: California, Mount-Shasta, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Housing, Mendocino County, CA, Branscomb, CA

• Find ways to conserve energy or it'll really cost you

  8 hrs ago | via LA Daily News 

  Good morning. Ready to sweat out another brutally hot spring day? OK, I know what you're probably contemplating.

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  Related Topix: California, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, People

• Foreclosures Are Defining The Market In California

  20 hrs ago | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  The Recordnet reports from California. "The sales run for existing homes in San Joaquin Countyaabout 80 percent is the foreclosure sectorcontinued to pick up speed in April.

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  Related Topix: Sacramento County, CA, Sonoma County, CA, Real Estate, California

• California second in nation for foreclosures, Sacramento to 12

  Wednesday May 14 | via Bizjournals 

  One out of every 204 households in California was in some stage of foreclosure in April, according to a report Wednesday by RealtyTrac .

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  Related Topix: California, Foreclosures, Los Angeles Metro, San Bernardino, CA

• Foreclosure 'Activity' Dips Slightly In California

  Wednesday May 14 | via SocketSite 

  Foreclosure "Activity" Dips Slightly In California According to RealtyTrac , while foreclosure activity across the U.S. increased 4 percent from March to April , activity decreased slightly in both Nevada and ...

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  Related Topix: California, Foreclosures, San Bernardino, CA, Riverside Metro

• California Leads Way To Consumer Bust

  Friday | via Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis 

  The International Herald Tribune reports Californians leading the way to consumer bust .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, California, California Government

• Big Bills on Housing: Residents challenge taxes

  4 min ago | via Detroit Free Press 

  Property assessments prove hard to change BY CECIL ANGEL * FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER * May 18, 2008 Eileen McDonell put her Westland home on the market two weeks ago because the 91-year-old widow wants to move to ...

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  Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Detroit Metro, Housing, Farmington Hills, MI, Commerce Township, MI

• Alabama Bucks Nationwide Foreclosure Trend

  6 min ago | via WSFA-TV Montgomery 

  Closing the deal on a new home can be stressful. Imagine, however, if you lost the house you'd lived in for years--all because you couldn't pay your mortgage.

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

• Retail properties dressed for distress

  9 min ago | via Globeinvestor.com 

  For David Simon, chief executive of Simon Property Group , the largest U.S. owner of malls and shopping centers, retail property may be less about dress this year and more about distress.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Real Estate, Simon Property Group

• Mortgage Loan Representative

  17 min ago | via The Spokesman-Review 

  This person works with real estate agents to obtain loan applications for Washington Trust Bank and their primary responsibility is to develop business relationships with real estate agents.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Real Estate

• More go off-grid as economy tanks

  25 min ago | via Solar panels, wind turbines, renewable energy, water 

  As world food and energy prices continue to increase, more than 8,000 American households are entering the foreclosure process every day.

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