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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

• Wisconsin Real Estate Agent Found Dead

  Mar 20, 2008 | via Dayton Daily News 

  More... More... JEFFERSON, Wis. -- A 71-year-old real estate agent was found dead inside a smoke-filled rural home she had shown to a client earlier in the day.

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  Related Topix: Jefferson, WI, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

• Fair Housing Commission prepares for special month

  Mar 18, 2008 | via Herald Star Online 

  Urban Projects Director Chris Petrossi said there is growing interest in an April 21 training program for Steubenville area landlords.

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  Related Topix: Jefferson County, OH, Steubenville, OH, Mortgage, Home

• County has plans for federal funds

  Mar 14, 2008 | via Herald Star Online 

  Jefferson County commissioners on Thursday heard about plans to spend more than $700,000 in federal funds and possible disagreements among the animal shelter task force members.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Jefferson County, OH

• Panel updated on lending report

  Feb 26, 2008 | via Herald Star Online 

  The man writing the new local Home Mortgage Disclosure Act report for the city's Fair Housing Practices Commission said Monday the 45-page document will detail local banking lending procedures in the ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Steubenville, OH, Jefferson County, OH

• Louisville mayor promotes hotline to help stem foreclosures

  Feb 18, 2008 | via WXIX-TV Cincinnati 

  Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson is promoting a counseling hotline aimed at helping people at risk of losing their homes.

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  Related Topix: Louisville, KY, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Tracking firm: Ohio foreclosure rate flattening

  41 min ago | via WDTN-TV Dayton 

  While foreclosures continue to soar nationwide, a firm keeping close tabs on the numbers says the crisis appears to be leveling off in Ohio.

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Foreclosures

• Ad for loans called upfront-fee scam

  10 hrs ago | via The Cincinnati Enquirer 

  The Ohio Department of Commerce is warning consumers to be on guard against newspaper advertisements that promote the availability of loans but fail to name the company and its location.

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Prince William Co. Homeowners Get Help To Avoid Foreclosure

  Jun 1, 2007 | via WRC Washington DC Channel 4 

  Homeowners in Prince William County, one of the areas hardest hit by foreclosures, are seeking help to hold on to their homes, but experts say the crisis isn't over yet.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Ohio

• Housing bill clears test, foreclosure halt asked

  19 hrs ago | via The Washington Post 

  Housing market rescue legislation cleared a procedural test vote in the U.S. Senate on Friday ahead of final passage expected on Saturday, and lawmakers asked banks to suspend further foreclosures until a new ...

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Homes in foreclosure nationally doubled in 2nd quarter; Ohio ranks 6th

  Yesterday | via Columbus Dispatch 

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

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Housing, Foreclosures

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  3 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  3 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  4 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home