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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 for riding lawnmowers cut back

  10 hrs ago | via UPI 

  The sluggish housing market and rising gas prices has trimmed the market for riding lawnmowers, industry analysts say.

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  Related Topix: Alexandria, VA, Washington Post, Publishing, Foreclosures, Housing, Warrenton, VA

• Taxpayers are on the hook for mortgage rescue

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Fulton County Daily Report 

  We knew it could happen, even though they said it wouldn't. The government is using our money again to haul private companies' hindquarters out of the fire-this time it's troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Experts discuss range of reforms for Fannie, Freddie from breakup to consolidation

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via International Herald Tribune 

  WASHINGTON : The troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could herald major changes for the two giant mortgage finance companies, and for the entire U.S. mortgage funding system.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Fannie, Freddie breakup, consolidation floated

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Arizona Daily Star 

  The troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could herald major changes for the two giant mortgage finance companies, and for the entire U.S. mortgage funding system.

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  Related Topix: Great Neck, NY, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage

• Fannie, Freddie plans floated

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via SavannahNow 

  The troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could herald major changes for the two giant mortgage finance companies and for the entire U.S. mortgage funding system.

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  Related Topix: Great Neck, NY, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Deposit, NY, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Editorial: GOP 'Pride in Doing Nothing'

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Falls Church News-Press 

  As the City of Falls Church's representative to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority , City Council David Snyder delivered a scathing indictment against the House Republicans in Richmond who killed ...

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  Related Topix: Falls Church, VA, Virginia, Home, Mortgage, Prince William County, VA, Opinion

• Country Hit By Glut of Gloomy Economic News, Led By Inflation

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Air America Radio 

  Virginian - Pilot By MARTIN CRUTSINGER The Associated Press WASHINGTON The U.S. economic downturn gained steam Tuesday, with a report of the highest inflation since the early 1980s, more bad news for banks and ...

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Fed Moves to Protect Homebuyers in Future

  Monday Jul 14 | via Air America Radio 

  Virginian - Pilot By JEANNINE AVERSA By Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press WASHINGTON Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve is ready to give homebuyers more protection from the types of shady ...

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Washington University in Saint Louis, Washington College, Washington State University, Foreclosures, Ben Bernanke

• June 2008 Most Expensive Sales in Northern Virginia

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Virginia Real Estate News 

  All information was obtained through MRIS. JUNE'S MOST EXPENSIVE SALES Single Family Detached Homes: 1028 Towlston Road, McLean, VA 22102 -- Sold on June 26th for $5,800,000 . This 7 bedroom 7 full bath home ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Fairfax County, VA, Fairfax, VA, Falls Church, VA, Great Falls, VA, Virginia

• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Small Business, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  2 min ago | via Quamnet 

  "This is a challenging time for families across our nation," Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, Housing, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Property cools in capital with glum economy

  3 min ago | via Viet Nam News 

  Certain sectors of the Ha Noi real estate markets have cooled over the past few months as a result of the global economic slowdown, domestic inflation and limited liquidity on the market driven by high interest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ha Tay, Vietnam, World News, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Vietnam

• Real estate newsmakers

  3 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Brownyard relocated to Houston, Texas, where she was in the insurance business.

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  Related Topix: Northeastern University, Housing, Cape Coral, FL, Sanibel, FL, Morris (University of Minnesota System)

• What to do in a time of foreclosures

  3 hrs ago | via Lansing State Journal 

  'If there's ever a time to buy, it's certainly now because the prices are so low,' said David Whitcomb, broker and owner of Whitcomb Realty in Lansing.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Lansing, MI, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Ingham County, MI

• Foreclosures affect communities

  3 hrs ago | via Lansing State Journal 

  The foreclosure crisis affects more than just individual homeowners. It has an impact on entire neighborhoods and communities.

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  Related Topix: Lansing, MI, Lansing Metro, Foreclosures