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• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Featured Article

• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

  Comment?

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Economic Forecast Calls for Less Housing Pain in Corridor

  Jan 9, 2008 | via KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids 

  The housing market may remain in a real tailspin in many parts of the country. But the forecast for the I-380 Technology Corridor between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City looks a lot brighter.

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  Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Home, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage

• Serach the data: Bankruptcies one the rise

  Dec 19, 2007 | via The Gazette 

  Rising prices and the home foreclosure trend contributed to a jump in Iowa bankruptcies that will end 2007 at least 37 percent above of last year's totals.

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  Related Topix: Linn County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Foreclosures, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro

• You should get to know ... Stephanie Preusch

  Friday May 9 | via Des Moines Register 

  Executive Director, Iowa Home Ownership Education Project, Des Moines Business description: Iowa Home Ownership Education Project is a statewide nonprofit supporting homeowner education with 54 members who ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro, Foreclosures, Iowa

• Guest column: How to address mortgage crisis?

  Wednesday May 7 | via Des Moines Register 

  Doug Skarin of Denison has sold real estate in Iowa for almost 30 years, is a licensed real-estate appraiser and operates a mortgage-brokerage firm.

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  Related Topix: Iowa, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion, Des Moines, IA

• Regency faults 'perfect storm' for collapse

  Sunday May 4 | via Indianola Record-Herald 

  By S.P. DINNEN and DONNELLE ELLER REGISTER BUSINESS WRITERS Posted at 04:05 on 05/04/2008 Regency sales will be finalized slowly Iowa Realty said consumers should be cautious when purchasing a recently ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Iowa, West Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

• Iowa foreclosures up 25% from last quarter

  Tuesday Apr 29 | via The Gazette 

  One in 843 Iowa households had a foreclosure filing in the three months ended March 31, about one-fourth the national rate, according to a new report.

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  Related Topix: Iowa, Foreclosures

• 350 Regency-linked firms file liens

  Tuesday Apr 29 | via Http 

  By LEE ROOD, DONNELLE ELLER and TOM WITOSKY * REGISTER STAFF WRITERS * April 29, 2008 At least 350 central Iowa businesses scrambled on Monday to recover debts owed to them by Regency Cos.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Des Moines Metro, Home Building, Iowa

• Big Bills on Housing: Residents challenge taxes

  5 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

  7 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

  10 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

  18 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

  26 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