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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Jun 19, 2008 | 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

Regional Headlines

• Home sales in Maine continue to slump

  7 hrs ago | via The Citizen 

  The figures were announced Friday by the Maine Real Estate Information System, which monitors home sales throughout the state.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Housing, Maine

• Fuel costs stymie consumers, government

  Yesterday | via Village Soup 

  AUGUSTA : There are no easy answers for the governor or the Legislature to help the growing number of Mainers who will have trouble paying their heating bills this winter, and people most likely will have to ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, Maine Government

• Hope for the Best

  Wednesday | via The Ellsworth American 

  There are no easy answers from the Governor or the Legislature to help the growing number of Mainers who will have trouble paying their heating bills this winter.

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  Related Topix: Hope, ME, Healthcare Law, Law, Home, Mortgage, Maine, Maine Government

• No Easy Answers For Looming Heating Crisis

  Wednesday | via Lincoln County News 

  There are no easy answers for the governor or the Legislature to help the growing number of Mainers who will have trouble paying their heating bills this winter and people most likely will have to rely on ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, Maine Government

• Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Earthlink 

  More Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer Nuisance wildlife specialist Richard Burton, left, holds an 8-foot long non-venomous reticulated python as wildlife rehabilitator Jen Lewis calls a friend ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Maine, Gorham, ME, Offbeat

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via WLS 

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

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Aid for returning veterans in housing rescue bill

  5 min ago | via Star Tribune 

  The housing rescue bill Congress passed Saturday includes a provision by Sen. Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.

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  Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Norm Coleman, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  6 min ago | via Mix 104.5 KKMY-FM 

  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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  7 min ago | via Newsday.com 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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

• House Plants Joys and Benefits for the Indoor Gardener

  9 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  When you walk into a house that is filled with plants, you immediately feel at home.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Opinion