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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

• Our View - Don't let vacant homes infect neighborhoods

  Jun 5, 2008 | via Holland Sentinel 

  The foreclosure crisis has exacted a heavy toll in this area. A total of 850 properties went into foreclosure in Ottawa County in 2007, with 384 of them in the Holland-Zeeland area.

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  Related Topix: Ottawa County, MI, Zeeland, MI, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Holland, MI, Opinion

• Utility scam leaves struggling mother searching for answers

  Apr 26, 2008 | via MLive.com 

  Connie Wilder was getting used to turnarounds in her life. It hadn't. Courtesy photo Connie Wilder signed up with a company that promised to keep her gas bill down.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Ottawa County, MI, Muskegon, MI

• Foreclosures take toll on pets

  Apr 4, 2008 | via Grand Haven Tribune 

  BY PETER DAINING pdaining@grandhaventribune.com Homeowners aren't the only victims of the slumping economy and high number of foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: West Olive, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Foreclosures, Grand Rapids Metro, Muskegon, MI, Grand Haven, MI

• Super Saver - New Spin on Realty Costs

  Mar 27, 2008 | via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids 

  With the state of Michigan's housing market the way it is, homeowners are coming up with creative ways to try and sell their homes while turning a profit at the same time. 25 comments

  Related Topix: Benton Harbor, MI, Benton Harbor Metro, Allendale, MI, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

• Delinquent taxpayers facing foreclosure

  Mar 25, 2008 | via Holland Sentinel 

  Ottawa County could have more than eight times as many tax foreclosures this year compared to last year, according to officials.

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  Related Topix: Ottawa County, MI, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Inflation takes hold in Europe

  Yesterday | via Detroit News 

  It took a few months. But the economic woes touched off by soaring oil prices and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States are finally engulfing Europe.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Charlotte (University of North Carolina System), University of North Carolina System, Michigan

• University comes to Michigan's rescue

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Holland Sentinel 

  As job losses, foreclosures and other woes continue to batter Michigan, an unlikely savior has emerged from the halls of academia.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Michigan, Michigan Government, Ann Arbor (University of Michigan System)

• Big players in real estate now on the same team

  Thursday Jul 17 | via LivingstonDaily 

  Two of the biggest names in real estate in Livingston County have combined and created a new force in the market.

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  Related Topix: Livingston County, MI, Howell, MI, Real Estate, Brighton, MI, Michigan

• Announces Disaster Assistance for Michigan Storm Victims

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via HUD 

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 11 storm-ravaged counties in Michigan and provide support to homeowners and low-income ...

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  Related Topix: Weather, Michigan, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• An unconstitutional amendment

  Sunday Jul 13 | via LivingstonDaily 

  What happens when a constitutional amendment is so complicated that the amendment itself becomes unconstitutional? We might be about to find out.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Michigan, Michigan Government, Opinion

National Headlines

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  8 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

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  3 hrs ago | via The Associated Press 

  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: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  10 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?

  11 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

• One year of the global financial crisis

  11 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage