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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Thursday Jun 19 | via Realty Trac 

  The euphoria that surrounded six years of escalating home prices, record levels of home sales and rock-bottom interest rates crashed and burned in 2007, forcing many foreclosure investors to ratchet down their ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• $27 million in crooked home loans alleged

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via The Covington Reporter 

  A Bellevue couple, whose alleged dealings left a trail through Covington, Black Diamond and other parts of King and Pierce counties, were arrested last week on suspicion of mortgage fraud involving more than ...

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  Related Topix: Bellevue, WA, King County, WA, Seattle Metro, Home, Mortgage, Issaquah, WA

• Real estate agents use food treats to lure home buyers

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  A piece of paper taped to Lake Real Estate agent Kirk Griswold's open house sign promised cold lemonade one Sunday when Seattle's temperature hit 92 degrees.

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  Related Topix: King County, WA, Bothell, WA, Seattle Metro, Seattle Metro, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Real Estate

• Foreclosure filings up nearly 70% in state

  Thursday Jul 10 | via The Seattle Times 

  Washington state foreclosure filings were up 69 percent last month compared with the previous June and up almost 10 percent from May, as the mortgage meltdown continues despite government and private efforts to ...

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  Related Topix: Pierce County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, King County, WA, Home, Mortgage

• shorts

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Eat the State 

  The City Council sure was busy last week. It pays to sneak in lots of controversial votes just before a holiday , when everyone's making vacation plans and not paying attention.

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  Related Topix: King County, WA, Lewis County, WA, Chehalis, WA, Foreclosures, Agriculture, Science

• Western Washington home sale prices inch upward in June

  Monday Jul 7 | via Seattle Business Journal 

  The average and median home prices for Western Washington homes rose slightly in June, but were lower than sale prices from a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, King County, WA, Home Listing, Home

Regional Headlines

• Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Washington, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Top Story: Plame Games Continue: Bush Claims Executive Privilege On CIA Leak

  Thursday Jul 17 | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 47 comments President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15,... President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Washington, George Bush, US News, State of the Union

• Law skewed in favor of builders

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  For the past two years, I've offered a bill in the state Senate that attempts to level the playing field between home buyers and builders.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Thurston County, WA, Olympia Metro, Olympia, WA, Washington, Opinion

• Washington's population is growing, but slower than before

  Friday Jul 4 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but that growth appears to be slowing because of faltering economies across the nation, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Washington

• Population grows, pace slowing

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but appears to be slowing down because of a faltering economy, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Washington

National Headlines

• Paulson warns of tough months

  9 min ago | via CNN 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  10 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  18 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, US News

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  20 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  21 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance