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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

• New Albany real estate agent to seek state House seat

  Feb 13, 2008 | via The Courier-Journal 

  INDIANAPOLIS - New Albany real estate agent Ed Clere filed today to run as a Republican in House District 72, setting up a challenge with long-time incumbent Rep.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, New Albany, IN

Regional Headlines

• Central Kentucky's housing market shows resiliency

  Yesterday | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Fewer people in The Bluegrass are signing their names to home mortgages, but if you have the money, now might be the perfect time to buy.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Lexington Metro, Lexington, KY, Housing, Home Selling, Kentucky

• 'No housing bust here, just a leveling off'

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Marshall County Tribune-Courier 

  'No housing bust here, just a leveling off' By Misti Strader Tribune-Courier News Editor mstrader@tribunecourier.com BENTON - Plummeting home prices nationwide have caused concern among local buyers and ...

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  Related Topix: Benton, KY, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Kentucky, Home Listing, Home

• Home foreclosures down in Kentucky

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Home foreclosure filings declined nearly 2 percent in Kentucky and 3 percent nationwide in June, RealtyTrac said Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Kentucky, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Housing outlook stays gloomy

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Kentucky.com 

  Signs are emerging that the U.S. housing market's long slump is likely to continue through the summer, and might not recover for at least another year.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Real Estate, Housing, Kentucky, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Property Transfers: June 12-21, 2008

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY 

  June 12: Joe D. and Sandra L. Taylor, 60.17 acres on Cedar Grove Church Road to John Wayne York, $332. Nelda Mae Bowman, 2.25 acres on Mt.

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  Related Topix: Kentucky, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Paulson warns of tough months

  7 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

  9 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

  17 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

  19 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?

  20 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