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• Online Auctions: Good Sense for Buyers and Sellers

  Thursday May 8 | via Realty Trac 

  It's no secret that more people are buying more products through online auctions, and real estate is no exception.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

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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

• Letters: Question of callousness

  Wednesday May 7 | via Houston Chronicle 

  As a patient at M.D. Anderson, I must protest the unfavorable light that Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg cast on a great institution.

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  Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Seabrook, TX, Harris County, TX, Opinion

• New houses in area sell faster than they're being built

  Wednesday May 7 | via Houston Chronicle 

  Sales of new homes in the Houston area are outpacing construction, leading to a shrinking supply and fewer discounts from builders.

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  Related Topix: Houston Metro, Houston, TX, Harris County, TX, Foreclosures

• Texas Supreme Court justice's wife re-indicted in house fire

  Wednesday Apr 30 | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  The wife of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina was indicted for a second time this year on Wednesday on charges connected to a fire that destroyed the couple's suburban Houston home last summer.

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  Related Topix: Lozano, TX, Harris County, TX, Texas, Home, Mortgage, Spring, TX

• Scam artists thrive on foreclosure rise

  Tuesday Apr 29 | via KVUE.com 

  Kim Rhodes paid more than $1,100 in hopes of saving her home of 11 years. At the courthouse steps at Harris County's Family Law Center, there is a monthly ritual where dreams come to end.

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  Related Topix: Austin, TX, Austin Metro, Harris County, TX, Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures

• Preying on those who can't pay

  Monday Apr 28 | via KHOU-TV Houston 

  At the courthouse steps at Harris County's Family Law Center, there is a monthly ritual where dreams come to end.

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  Related Topix: Austin Metro, Harris County, TX, Home, Mortgage, Katy, TX

• Joblessness hits a record low

  Yesterday | via Star-telegram.com 

  By MARIA M. PEROTIN High oil prices and a depressed housing market may have the national economy in the ditch, but the Texas economy is holding up just fine.In fact, joblessness fell to a record-low 4.1 ...

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  Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Housing, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro

• Abilene home sales down, but prices are up 9

  Thursday May 15 | via Report news 

  Local Web Search powered by YAHOO! Business News Abilene home sales down, but prices are up Abilene home sales are down compared to the same time a year ago, but home prices continued to rise.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Housing, Real Estate

• North Texas home foreclosures show some declines

  Monday May 12 | via Dallas Business Journal 

  The number of home foreclosures are decreasing in some parts of North Texas, but are still mostly higher than a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Foreclosures, Tarrant County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Denton County, TX, Collin County, TX

• North Texas foreclosure rate slows - " for now

  Thursday | via Quick 

  The rising tide of foreclosure postings in North Texas slowed a bit in the latest report.

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  Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Fort Worth, TX, Texas, Foreclosures, Dallas Metro

• 04.APR.08 License plates can help conquer cancer

  Thursday | via Oak Hill Gazette 

  News License plates can help conquer cancer 04.APR.08 The Texans Conquer Cancer License Plate program is proud to announce its 2008 patient support services awareness campaign in honor of National Cancer ...

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Texas Government, Texas

• Avoiding CGT

  6 min ago | via TaxationWeb 

  Buy-to-let Properties - Tax Guide This Essential Guide for Landlords is a must for any Landlord worried about their Tax Liabilities! - and for those that are not - you should be! Property Tax Planning 2008/09 ...

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage

• North central Ohio garage sale season under way

  8 min ago | via News Journal 

  When Carol Iiams has a garage sale each spring and fall, she transforms her husband's garage into a boutique with tables covered in designer fabrics.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Home Decorating, Butler, OH, Lexington, OH

• Home sellers turn to new ally: tax grievance assessor

  3 hrs ago | via Newsday.com 

  Barbara Thorton blames her $8,281 property tax bill. Her four-bedroom home seems priced right at $400,000, but it's been sitting on the market for almost a year.

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  Related Topix: Medford, NY, Real Estate, Smithtown, NY, Commack, NY, Dix Hills, NY, Huntington, NY

• A way out with the short sale

  18 min ago | via Bend Bulletin 

  We welcome comments from subscribers . Comments are solely the responsibility of those who post them; their viewpoints are not endorsed by The Bulletin or bendbulletin.com. The Bulletin and bendbulletin.com ...

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  Related Topix: Deschutes County, OR, Home Listing, Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Lender Crackdown

  23 min ago | via The Brattleboro Reformer 

  Mortgages are harder to get then ever! In the wake of the sub prime mess lenders are pushing a serious crackdown on loan granting.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage