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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Jun 19, 2008 | 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

Regional Headlines

• RealtyTrac: Georgia 8th in Q2 foreclosure rate, metro Atlanta 20th

  Monday Jul 21 | via Atlanta Business Chronicle 

  Georgia improved to the eighth-highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter, while metro Atlanta had the 20th-highest, according to RealtyTrac 's Second Quarter 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report published ...

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• TV Makeover Home In Foreclosure

  Thursday | via CBS 46 

  Every week the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" gives families the chance of a lifetime to have their home completely redone and paid for by somebody else.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Home Listing, Home, Georgia

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Keep the down payment assistance program

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who's to blame for the subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the nation? Wall Street bankers who've overleveraged their books by billions of dollars? Or first-time home buyers who received gifts of a few thousand ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Georgia

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday Jul 18 | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via WLS 

  Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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

• Aid for returning veterans in housing rescue bill

  4 min ago | via Star Tribune 

  The housing rescue bill Congress passed Saturday includes a provision by Sen. Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.

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  Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Norm Coleman, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  4 min ago | via Mix 104.5 KKMY-FM 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  5 min ago | via Newsday.com 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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

• House Plants Joys and Benefits for the Indoor Gardener

  7 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  When you walk into a house that is filled with plants, you immediately feel at home.

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