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• A Foreclosure Bargain for Their "Forever House"

  Wednesday May 14 | via Realty Trac 

  Karen Krynen saw an opportunity. Nestled at the top of a hill with a long private driveway, the bank-owned property sitting on a huge 40,946 square foot lot was exactly what she was looking for.

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  Related Topix: La Habra Heights, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

• Saginaw County population slide continues

  Mar 21, 2008 | via Saginaw News 

  Michael A. Doyle looked far and wide for a law enforcement job in Michigan. When he found none, he headed west to the wide open spaces of Wyoming.

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  Related Topix: Freeland, MI, Midland County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Housing

• Firstbank Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-to-Date 2007 Results

  Jan 31, 2008 | via PrimeNewswire 

  Highlights Include: * Fourth quarter 2007 net income of $1,566,000, and net income of $8,386,000 for full year 2007 * Earnings per share of $0.21 for the fourth quarter and $1.21 for full-year 2007, compared to ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Alma, MI, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Banking, Financial Services, Firstbank

• Men Allegedly Sell 250 Pounds Of Pot To Undercover Cops

  Dec 21, 2007 | via WNEM-TV Saginaw 

  Five Gratiot County men are in custody Friday night after they were arrested on drug trafficking charges.

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  Related Topix: Gratiot County, MI, Drugs, Alma, MI, St. Louis, MI, Riverdale, MI, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• in our opinion

  2 hrs ago | via Spinal Column Newsweekly 

  Give foreclosure moratorium a try Lansing lawmakers keep churning out legislative proposals designed to stimulate the state's slumping real estate market and depressed economic climate.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Real Estate, Michigan, Michigan Government

• Housing market posts surprising rebound in April

  11 hrs ago | via The Daily Herald 

  Construction of new homes increased by the biggest percentage in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news amid the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Michigan, Housing, Home, Mortgage

• Why West Michigan? Why not?

  Thursday | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance 

  Categories: Real estate Why West Michigan? That may be the most common question I am asked when speaking with manufacturers and investors about opportunities in our market.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Michigan, Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI

• Realtors pursue Michigan Business Tax break

  Thursday May 15 | via Ann Arbor Business Review - MLive.com 

  The Michigan Association of Realtors is pushing for a break in the Michigan Business Tax that it says was promised by the Department of Treasury when the tax was being written last year.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Real Estate

• U.S. foreclosures surge 65 percent in April

  Wednesday May 14 | via Detnews.com 

  More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments in April, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Michigan

• U.S. Existing Home Sales Probably Declined in April Amid Stagnating Growth

  1 min ago | via Bloomberg 

  Sales of previously owned U.S. homes probably fell in April and a gauge of the economy's prospects was unchanged, reinforcing concern that growth will stagnate, economists said before reports this week.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Financial Markets, Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, Home, Home Selling, Mortgage

• Ewaan Global Residential Company appoints TBWA\RAAD Saudi Arabia as...

  11 min ago | via AME Info 

  A residential development worth SR1,200m is to be launched in north Jeddah following the appointment of TBWA\RAAD as marketing communications agency for EWAAN projects in the Kingdom.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Real Estate

• Avoiding CGT

  14 min ago | via TaxationWeb 

  Buy-to-let Properties - Tax Guide This Essential Guide for Landlords is a must for any Landlord worried about their Tax Liabilities! - and for those that are not - you should be! Property Tax Planning 2008/09 ...

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage

• North central Ohio garage sale season under way

  16 min ago | via News Journal 

  When Carol Iiams has a garage sale each spring and fall, she transforms her husband's garage into a boutique with tables covered in designer fabrics.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Home Decorating, Butler, OH, Lexington, OH

• A way out with the short sale

  26 min ago | via Bend Bulletin 

  We welcome comments from subscribers . Comments are solely the responsibility of those who post them; their viewpoints are not endorsed by The Bulletin or bendbulletin.com. The Bulletin and bendbulletin.com ...

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  Related Topix: Deschutes County, OR, Home Listing, Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance