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• Beyond the Foreclosure Blame Game

  Wednesday Jun 18 | via Realty Trac 

  Real estate investors are becoming a convenient scapegoat for many looking to assign blame for the recent surge in foreclosures and faltering real estate market.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Local Headlines

• Foreclosure Rates Below Average

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via WEAU-TV Eau Claire 

  It's been in the headlines for months -- the number of foreclosures is sky high across the country.

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  Related Topix: Madison, WI, Foreclosures, Eau Claire County, WI, Dane County, WI, Chippewa County, WI

• Tough economy hurts pets too

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Leader-Telegram 

  It's not just people being affected by the slow housing market and economy: Their pets are suffering too.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Cornell, WI

• Ex-D.A. in court again

  May 30, 2008 | via Leader-Telegram 

  Forty years ago, Paul L. Kelly sat in the prosecutor's seat in Eau Claire County Court.

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  Related Topix: Eau Claire Metro, Eau Claire, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Home, Mortgage, Augusta, WI

• No Momentum Building: Housing Slump Continues

  May 15, 2008 | via WQOW 

  Home prices in the U.S. dropped almost 8% in the first quarter from the same period a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Eau Claire County, WI

• Home Foreclosure: Losing the Dream

  May 6, 2008 | via WEAU-TV Eau Claire 

  Families all over the country and all over the region are struggling with home foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: La Crosse County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Foreclosures, La Crosse, WI

Regional Headlines

• Thomas Kell Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry

  Friday | via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Release 

  Mr. Kell has 36 years of experience in his field, during which he has become an expert in general management, sales, marketing, and investments.He has owned and managed several service based businesses ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Marketing, Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Resort Files For Bankruptcy

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Hotels 

  By JUDY NEWMAN jdnewman@madison.com 608-252-6156 -- Wisconsin State Journal , July 2, 2008 Wednesday ALL EDITION Northern Bay, the company that owns Northern Bay Golf Resort & Marina, filed Chapter 11 ...

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  Related Topix: Wisconsin Dells, WI, Wisconsin, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Madison, WI, Madison Metro

• Wisconsin court bars fraud lawsuits in home sales

  Feb 7, 2008 | via Fulton County Daily Report 

  Home buyers who believe a seller has lied to them cannot sue for fraud to recover damages, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Milwaukee Metro, Opinion

• Waukesha School District works to retool investment fund

  Friday Jun 27 | via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal 

  A multimillion-dollar investment earned the Waukesha School District about $83,000 less for the last three months than it has been accruing in debt payments for loans used to finance the deal, according to ...

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Financial Markets, Wisconsin, Kimberly, WI, Waukesha, WI, Home, Mortgage

• Court: Wis. municipalities obeyed open records law

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via WMTV 

  Wisconsin's open records law does not require governments to provide direct access to its electronic databases, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Port Washington, WI, Thiensville, WI, Sussex, WI, Wisconsin, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Beware of reverse mortage scams

  4 min ago | via Jacksonville Daily News 

  Columnist's Note: This letter has been edited for length. Dear Troubleshooter: I read your column all the time and find it most informative.

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  Related Topix: Family, Elderly, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Condo Volume for June down 52% from the high

  2 hrs ago | via Ardell's Seattle Real Estate Blog 

  The number of King County condo sales in June of this year is 52% lower than the highs of 2005 and 2006 and a little more than 50% lower than June of last year.

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  Related Topix: Housing

• Acacia revamps and expands mortgage business

  3 hrs ago | via Bizjournals 

  While many lenders are ‘running away’ from residential mortgages, Acacia Federal CEO James Barber plans to almost quadruple the amount of home loans his bank originates each month.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• No Velvet Rope

  Thursday Jul 3 | via SmartMoney 

  THESE DAYS CONSUMERS are dealing with skyrocketing prices for everything from a gallon of gas to a gallon of milk.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Retirement

• Others' economic woes bring business to bankruptcy attorney

  8 min ago | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  High foreclosure rates and the increasing number of individual and small-business bankruptcies are keeping attorney Dan Gukeisen’s services in demand.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures