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• Online Auctions: Good Sense for Buyers and Sellers

  Thursday May 8 | via Realty Trac 

  It's no secret that more people are buying more products through online auctions, and real estate is no exception.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

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• Online Auctions: Good Sense for Buyers and Sellers

  Thursday May 8 | via Realty Trac 

  It's no secret that more people are buying more products through online auctions, and real estate is no exception.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

• Jobless rates climb in Lower Hudson Valley

  Friday | via Journal News 

  Unemployment rates for April reached four-year highs in the Lower Hudson Valley.

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  Related Topix: Rockland County, NY, White Plains, NY, Westchester County, NY, Home, Mortgage

• Linens 'n Things files chapter 11

  Monday May 12 | via Hudson Valley Business 

  Linens 'n Things has filed for voluntary bankruptcy and is shutting down 120 underperforming stores, including three in the lower Hudson Valley region.

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  Related Topix: Scarsdale, NY, Mohegan Lake, NY, Home, Mortgage, Westchester County, NY, Bronxville, NY

• In Yonkers, the feds investigate aspects of Ratner's Ridge Hill deal

  Tuesday May 13 | via Atlantic Yards Report 

  What critics consider a sweetheart deal regarding Atlantic Yards hasn't provoked investigation into any wrongdoing.

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  Related Topix: Westchester County, NY, Yonkers, NY, Mortgage, Home

• MBIA reports record loss of $2.4 billion

  Tuesday May 13 | via Journal News 

  MBIA Inc. reported a net loss of $2.4 billion during the first quarter as the Armonk bond insurer faced continuing fallout from the weakening housing market and the subprime mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosures, Westchester County, NY, Armonk, NY, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Monster of Ambition

  Monday May 12 | via Free Republic 

  I was pretty disturbed eight years ago when Hillary Clinton up and announced she was running for a New York seat in the US Senate.

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  Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Retail, Entertainment, Westchester County, NY, Home, Mortgage

• The Old Titans All Collapsed. Is the U.S. Next?

  Yesterday | via Washington Post 

  By Kevin Phillips Sunday, May 18, 2008; Page B03 Back in August, during the panic over mortgages, Alan Greenspan offered reassurance to an anxious public.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New York

• Fannie Mae Bows to Pressure, Will Reduce Down Payments in Weakest Markets

  Friday | via Bloomberg 

  Fannie Mae , backing down from pressure from homeowner and real estate groups, will allow buyers in markets with falling home prices to purchase houses with 3 percent down payments, potentially increasing the ...

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  Related Topix: Credit Suisse Asset Mnagement Income Fund, Financial Services, New York, Housing, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat

• This Week in the Economy

  Friday | via Motley Fool 

  Take whatever stigma you've attached to economics and check it at the door. This stuff can really get you going.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Financial Services, Foreclosures, New York, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services

• Foreclosure Bill Stalls in Senate

  Friday | via KnowledgePlex.org News 

  New York's proposed foreclosure freeze is getting a cold reception in the state Senate, to the chagrin of some Democrats.

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  Related Topix: New York Government, New York, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• 'Charlotte Observer' and Inman Syndicate Among Winners of Real Estate Awards

  Thursday May 15 | via Editor & Publisher 

  NEW YORK The Charlotte Observer and the Inman News syndicate are among the many winners of the National Association of Real Estate Editors' 58th Annual Journalism Awards.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage

• St. Louis Real Estate-Market Watch May 17th, 2008

  5 min ago | via St. Louis Real Estate Voice 

  St. Louis Real Estate Market Watch by Art Wagner @ Keller Williams Realty Southwest, Sunset Hills, Mo.

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  Related Topix: Sunset Hills, MO, Real Estate, Housing

• Cook County Sheriff

  9 min ago | via Baker County Standard 

  Find Cook foreclosures from a large database of foreclosure listings in the country from ForeclosureFreeSearch.com. www.foreclosurefreesearch.com Inmate Search Unlimited $19 Search for Inmate Record & ...

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  Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Foreclosures

• Chester County

  9 min ago | via Baker County Standard 

  ALMOST NEW 2,000 SQFT three story brick facade, end unit with southern exposure! Very bright and cheery home next to open space on a quiet low traffic street.

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  Related Topix: Chester County, PA, Foreclosures, Medicine, Health, Massage Therapy, Health, Kennett Square, PA

• Nats set for $50 tax cut trump

  2 hrs ago | via Manawatu Evening Standard 

  National appears poised to trump Labour with tax cuts worth at least $50 a week to the average worker, as a new poll shows increasing living costs are driving up expectations.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Big Bills on Housing: Residents challenge taxes

  12 min ago | via Detroit Free Press 

  Property assessments prove hard to change BY CECIL ANGEL * FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER * May 18, 2008 Eileen McDonell put her Westland home on the market two weeks ago because the 91-year-old widow wants to move to ...

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  Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Detroit Metro, Housing, Farmington Hills, MI, Commerce Township, MI