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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

• Debacle's true face: Refinancers

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Denver Post 

  Vicki Miller bought her childhood home in Altoona, Pa., from her mother's estate for $32,000, using a nice, traditional mortgage from the local savings and loan.

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

• Subprime crisis is hard to pin on greedy buyers

  Saturday Jul 5 | via The Tennessean 

  WASHINGTON - Vicki Miller bought her childhood home in Altoona, Pa., from her mother's estate for $32,000, using a nice, traditional mortgage from the local savings and loan.

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Housing, Foreclosures, Altoona, PA

• 'Hope Now' Hot Line Frustrates Borrowers Needing Help Now

  Mar 14, 2008 | via Hot Property 

  A telephone hot line run by the Hope Now Alliance , a public-private partnership launched by the White House in October as a lifeline for homeowners facing foreclosure, appears to be leaving many callers more ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Altoona, PA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Blog News

• Alcoa names former Merrill chief Stan O'Neal to board

  Jan 18, 2008 | via Pittsburgh Tribune 

  Alcoa Inc. appointed former Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO Stan O'Neal to its board, about three months after his ouster from the largest U.S. brokerage firm.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Spring City, PA, Madison, PA, New Stanton, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Blair County, PA

Regional Headlines

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  2 hrs ago | via Indiana Gazette Online 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Regional economy shows improvement

  Yesterday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania, Home Listing, Home

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Existing Home Sales Drop Again

  16 min ago | via On Wall Street 

  June proved to be a pretty hot month, but not in the housing market. The latest figure from the National Association of Realtors shows that existing home sales in June fell, as did the median price of a home.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Real Estate, Housing

• Stock market outlook mixed

  16 min ago | via The Toronto Star 

  Overseas stock markets were gloomy but Wall Street index futures pointed to a modest recovery Friday from the previous session's sharp losses.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New Brunswick, Canada, Canada, Woodstock Area, NB, Juniper, NB, York (Toronto, ON), Ontario, Toronto, ON

• John Edwards in town

  17 min ago | via Off the Kuff 

  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards was in town this week to promote his anti-poverty agenda.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election

• U.S. 2Q foreclosure filings more than double 8:28 Am CT

  17 min ago | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro

• Federal Bill Will Provide Incentive To 2nd Lienholders To Allow Refinance

  17 min ago | via The Real Estate Bloggers 

  While I am still not thrilled with the 300 billion dollar housing bill working it's way through Congress, they did insert some logic into the process.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage