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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

• Foreclosures haven't hit bottom yet, expert says

  Saturday Jul 12 | via The Times 

  A Gainesville real estate executive who monitors economic trends says we have yet to reach the bottom of the foreclosure crisis.

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  Related Topix: Gainesville, GA, Foreclosures, Hall County, GA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Rough market may spur more arsons

  Friday Jun 20 | via The Times 

  As the economy slides, homes and businesses burn. Hall County already has more intentionally set arson fires this year than in all of 2007, including three in the Clermont area within a six-week period.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hall County, GA, Gainesville, GA

• Bank's - credits' offset damage

  May 22, 2008 | via The Times 

  Click here for local video: Adopt-a-Stream Watershed award By Debbie Gilbert dgilbert@gainesvilletimes.com There's at least one bank in Hall County that doesn't have to worry about the foreclosure crisis.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Stone Mountain, GA, Hall County, GA, Home Gardening, Home, Gainesville, GA

• Hoffman receives three real estate industry honors

  Apr 24, 2008 | via WDUN-AM Gainesville 

  Real estate professional Brent Hoffman, who concentrates solely on commercial real estate, was named Prudential Georgia Realty's #1 individual agent for his 2007 sales performance.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Gainesville, GA, Hall County, GA

• New housing starts down 33 percent in Hall Co.; home sales reportedly up

  Apr 4, 2008 | via WDUN-AM Gainesville 

  Permits issued for new, single-family homes in Hall County were down 33 percent the first quarter of the year compared to a year ago but home sales are reportedly up.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Hall County, GA

Regional Headlines

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday | 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

• A Texas warning for Georgia banks

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Several Georgia banks dominate a recent ranking of the nation's riskiest financial institutions based on a measure known as the "Texas ratio," which attempts to gauge how likely they will run into deep ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Alpharetta, GA, Georgia

• Superior Court Clerk Candidates Q&A

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Rome News - Tribune 

  I am a Floyd County native and I began my public service career in 1975 as a deputy sheriff with the Floyd County Sheriffs Department.

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  Related Topix: York (Pennsylvania State University System), Commerce (Texas A&M University System), Texas A&M University System, Georgia, Real Estate

• Tourism groups get grants for projects

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Augusta Chronicle 

  The Augusta Canal Authority was among 11 tourism organizations named Thursday to share $90,000 in grants from the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

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  Related Topix: Georgia, Marketing, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• New Prudential Realty Office Open in Roswell

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Atlanta Real Estate Forum.com 

  Prudential Georgia Realty, which is consistently named one of the 10 most productive affiliates in the 2,100-office Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Roswell, GA, Georgia, Cobb County, GA, Atlanta, GA

National Headlines

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  3 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

  4 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

  10 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