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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Thursday Jun 19 | via Realty Trac 

  The euphoria that surrounded six years of escalating home prices, record levels of home sales and rock-bottom interest rates crashed and burned in 2007, forcing many foreclosure investors to ratchet down their ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• County foreclosures jumped by almost half for filing deadline

  Friday | via Plano Star Courier 

  The percentage of Collin County home foreclosures rose this month compared to last year.

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  Related Topix: Allen, TX, Housing, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Collin County, TX

• House sales - pretty hot' in county

  Thursday | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  The housing market in Denton County appears to be holding its own despite the continued increase in residential foreclosure postings.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Denton, TX, Addison, TX, Collin County, TX, Parker, TX

• Fraudulent house sales almost ruin McKinney neighborhood

  Saturday Jun 28 | via WFAA 

  There are never dead bodies as the result of mortgage fraud but there's a lot of financial bleeding.

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis

• February 2008

  Jan 31, 2008 | via Dallas Texas Real Estate Blog 

  Federal Chairman Ben S. Bernanke who has historically been able to reduce interest rates faster than any Federal Rserve Chairman is having issues bringing down the cost of credit for American homeowners.The ...

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Real Estate, Collin County, TX, Home, Mortgage

• Defunct mortgage bank accused of diverting funds

  Mar 10, 2008 | via Dallas Business Journal 

  In the 30 days before Maverick Residential Mortgage closed its doors for good, the Plano-based lender twice took money intended to fund a series of loans and used it to cover its payroll and other expenses, ...

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  Related Topix: Collin County, TX, Plano, TX, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Gang behind Dallas-Fort Worth home invasions built empire on force, strategy

  14 hrs ago | via Quick 

  They were the Renaissance men of crime, a mixture of white-collar cunning and blue-collar ruthless violence.

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, Rockwall, TX, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Texas, Denton, TX, Home, Mortgage

• Schnurman: North Texas housing market is still troubled

  19 hrs ago | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  We averted one crisis last week, after the government pledged to keep the mortgage money flowing at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Dallas (University of Texas System), Dallas Metro, University of Texas System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  Yesterday | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  Yesterday | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  Friday | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Paulson warns of tough months

  6 min ago | via CNN 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  7 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  15 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, US News

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  17 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  18 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance