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• Beyond the Foreclosure Blame Game

  Wednesday Jun 18 | via Realty Trac 

  Real estate investors are becoming a convenient scapegoat for many looking to assign blame for the recent surge in foreclosures and faltering real estate market.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

• Tornado toll estimated at nearly $6 million

  May 29, 2008 | via Quad-City Times 

  DES MOINES, Iowa - The EF5 tornado that ripped through northeastern Iowa did nearly $6 million in damage.

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

Regional Headlines

• Basu: OK so far, but FEMA watch is on

  Friday Jun 27 | via Des Moines Register 

  If anything merits watching as closely as Iowa's levees these days, it's the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US News, Home, Mortgage, Iowa, FEMA, Opinion

• City forgives 22-year-old loan to National Balloon Classic

  Friday Jun 27 | via Des Moines Register 

  A skeleton crew of Indianola City Council members agreed to forgive $66,000 in loans to the National Balloon Classic after 45 minutes of deliberation during their June 16 meeting.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Iowa

• Will victims abandon Iowa cities?

  Sunday Jun 22 | via Des Moines Register 

  Cedar Rapids, Ia. - This city's future is riding on people like Stella Wilson, and national experts say there is reason for hope.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA

• Flood insurance fallacies confound some Iowans

  Wednesday Jun 18 | via Http 

  Yes, flood insurance remains available to virtually everyone in Iowa. But no, buying it today won't do anything to cover damage from the floods of June 2008.

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  Related Topix: Iowa, Linn County, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Home, Mortgage

• Rundown of Aid Provided to Flood Victims

  Tuesday Jun 17 | via KCRG 

  FEMA : Federal Emergency Management Administration is the primary agency that deals with disaster assistance.

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  Related Topix: US News, Agriculture, Science, United States Department of Agriculture, Iowa, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Sister-Owned Welch Builders Thrives Despite Tough Market

  6 min ago | via The Daily News 

  IN THE BLOOD: Dawn Kinard, who co-founded Welch Builders LLC with her sister, Danya Welch, stands beneath a portrait of her father, Jackie Welch, owner of Welch Realty.

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  Related Topix: Germantown, TN, Real Estate, Shelby County, TN, Collierville, TN, Opinion

• Pawning Jewels Or TV's For Gas $$$

  6 min ago | via WBAL-AM Baltimore 

  This Liberty Loan and Jewelry employee holds up a ring and a necklace recently sold at the shop.

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  Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Gwynn-Oak, MD, Mortgage, Home

• American dream goes global

  10 min ago | via Boston.com 

  She was raised in a little wooden house with a thatched roof in the Dominican Republic, a nation she left behind 17 years ago to clean offices in Boston's skyscrapers and dorm rooms at Harvard University.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, World News, Dominican Republic, Central America, Boston, MA

• Beware of reverse mortage scams

  12 min ago | via Jacksonville Daily News 

  Columnist's Note: This letter has been edited for length. Dear Troubleshooter: I read your column all the time and find it most informative.

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  Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Others' economic woes bring business to bankruptcy attorney

  15 min ago | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  High foreclosure rates and the increasing number of individual and small-business bankruptcies are keeping attorney Dan Gukeisen’s services in demand.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures