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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

• Governor Blagojevich urges Congressional Delegation to support additional LIHEAP funding

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Illinois Government News Network 

  ' Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to members of Illinois' Congressional Delegation urging them to support legislation that would increase funding to the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance ... 1 comment

  Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Home, Mortgage, Illinois, Illinois Government, Cook County, IL

• Buy a home in Palatine Illinois

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via WebWire 

  Palatine Illinois http://www.realestateinpalatineil.com is a small village located in Cook County and is mainly a residential suburb of Chicago.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Cook County, IL, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Chicago State University, Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago

• Housing Helpers to teach foreclosure prevention

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Marywood Herald 

  A foreclosure prevention seminar for Maywood residents has been scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon July 19 in the community room of the Maywood Recreation Building, 200 S. Fifth Ave.

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

• Headaches could await Countrywide loan holders

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Sun-Times News Group 

  The troubles of failed Countrywide Financial Corp. may signal trouble ahead for Evanston customers who obtained loans with illusory teaser rates, optional payment terms and little income verification.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Evanston, IL, Home, Mortgage, Cook County, IL, Chicago Metro

• Community Briefs

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Marywood Herald 

  Westlake Hospital is hosting a two-part program to help participants learn if their varicose veins put them at risk for more serious problems.

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  Related Topix: Melrose Park, IL, Chicago, IL, Cook County, IL, Maywood, IL, Foreclosures, Bellwood, IL

Regional Headlines

• Illinois Newspapers

  5 hrs ago | via Ogden Leader 

  The Official Site of REALTOR.com . Search Millions of MLS Listings. www.Realtor.com/real-estate Illinois Real Estate Authorized Illinois real estate specialist.

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  Related Topix: Illinois, Real Estate, Buffalo Grove, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, Lincolnshire, IL

• Democratic challenger trails Biggert in funds

  9 hrs ago | via Lincoln-Way Sun 

  Democrat Scott Harper pushed his second-quarter fundraising above that of his opponent Judy Biggert by loaning himself $50,000. Not counting the loan, the 46-year-old Oxford student received $228,192 in ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Illinois, Will County, IL

• Hording chocolate and airing the pork

  Yesterday | via ScrippsNews 

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- the government-chartered mortgage giants tumbling toward a taxpayer bailout -- have not been penurious about making campaign contributions and engaging top lobbyists to grease ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Illinois, Illinois Government

• Finally, some good news - fewer fatalities

  Friday | via The Daily Gazette 

  The daily news hasn't been all that rosy lately. Rising gasoline prices, higher unemployment, floods, wildfires and home loan foreclosures have led the parade of doom and gloom across the land.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Illinois, Illinois Government, Opinion

• Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Earthlink 

  More Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage July 17, 2008 6:04 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Sen.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Illinois, John McCain, Travel, Middle East, Israel Travel, Israel Travel

National Headlines

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  4 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

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  5 min ago | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  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

• Chuck Jaffe: Most money-market funds are safe from financial meltdown

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Edward in Brockton, Mass., got scared enough by the headlines a week ago that he did the unthinkable.

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  Related Topix: Boston Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Antioch Police Department Sued by ACLU

  4 hrs ago | via Associated Content 

  Antioch is a growing city of a little more than 100,000 people situated at the Eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  Related Topix: ACLU, San Francisco, CA, Antioch, CA, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  12 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