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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

• Ron Paul - revolution'

  Dec 23, 2007 | via The Herald Hournal 

  Interested in American government from an early age, Leticia Borrego says she was getting discouraged with politics until she heard about U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul earlier this year.

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  Related Topix: Cache County, UT, US Politics, Ron Paul, 2008 Presidential Election, Logan, UT, Home Listing, Home

• Cache Housing market sheltered from storm?

  Dec 23, 2007 | via The Herald Hournal 

  While the housing market in Cache Valley has remained largely sheltered from a collapse of home sales around the nation, there are marginal - but non-fatal - effects, some local real estate agents say. 2 comments

  Related Topix: Cache County, UT, Logan, UT, Cache, UT, Real Estate, Housing, Provo, UT

Regional Headlines

• State approves Questar rate hike

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via The Daily Herald 

  State officials have approved gas rate increases for residential customers of Questar Gas.

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  Related Topix: Utah, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Home

• Tax tinkering: There's no good reason for Prop. 13 in Utah

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Salt Lake Tribune 

  The ghost of Howard Jarvis stalks Utah's Capitol, but legislators should ignore his moans and the clanking of his chains.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Utah, Sundance Film Festival

• Local Business News In Brief

  Thursday Jun 26 | via TheSpectrum.com 

  Utah hurt by bad national news SALT LAKE CITY - According to the Summer 2008 issue of Zions Bank's Insight - Economic News of Utah and the Nation, released this week, the Utah economy is being negatively ...

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  Related Topix: Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Housing, Utah, Sundance Film Festival

• Housing Coalition expanding network of counselors for home buyers

  Tuesday Jun 24 | via Deseret Morning News 

  Following the old real-estate maxim that, even in a bad housing market, it's always a good time to own a house, nonprofit groups, homeowners and the state are partnering for a campaign to improve homebuyer ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Utah Government, Utah, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Utah job growth slows

  Wednesday Jun 18 | via The Daily Herald 

  The Beehive state posted job gains in May, but its growth continues to slow in tandem with the housing downturn.

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  Related Topix: Salt Lake County, UT, Utah Government, Utah, Home, Mortgage, Utah County, UT

National Headlines

• Sister-Owned Welch Builders Thrives Despite Tough Market

  3 min ago | via The Daily News 

  IN THE BLOOD: Dawn Kinard, who co-founded Welch Builders LLC with her sister, Danya Welch, stands beneath a portrait of her father, Jackie Welch, owner of Welch Realty.

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  Related Topix: Germantown, TN, Real Estate, Shelby County, TN, Collierville, TN, Opinion

• Pawning Jewels Or TV's For Gas $$$

  3 min ago | via WBAL-AM Baltimore 

  This Liberty Loan and Jewelry employee holds up a ring and a necklace recently sold at the shop.

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  Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Gwynn-Oak, MD, Mortgage, Home

• American dream goes global

  7 min ago | via Boston.com 

  She was raised in a little wooden house with a thatched roof in the Dominican Republic, a nation she left behind 17 years ago to clean offices in Boston's skyscrapers and dorm rooms at Harvard University.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, World News, Dominican Republic, Central America, Boston, MA

• Beware of reverse mortage scams

  8 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

• Others' economic woes bring business to bankruptcy attorney

  12 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