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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

Local Headlines

• Furniture dealers hit hard by struggling housing market

  12 hrs ago | via The Times Herald 

  In the furniture business nowadays, even flat sales are considered good. Havertys, Sealy and other major manufacturers have seen sales drop 25 percent or more since last year.

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  Related Topix: Conover, NC, Apex, NC, Cary, NC, Housing

• Homes built on solid foundation

  Jun 24, 2008 | via The Cary News 

  The average drive time for a member of Charles Tyner's congregation is about 35 minutes.

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  Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Durham, NC, Housing, Raleigh Metro, Apex, NC, Murfreesboro, NC

• Manatee man faces 30 years in fraud case

  May 29, 2008 | via Bradenton Herald 

  A University Park man is facing up to 30 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine for his role in what North Carolina authorities are calling a $124 million real-estate scam whose victims included more ...

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  Related Topix: University Park, FL, Manatee County, FL, Home, Mortgage

• The Rural Buffer and Affordable Housing

  Oct 23, 2007 | via Mark Chilton for Mayor 

  A little earlier this fall, I was one of four panelists who spoke to the Chapel Hill Leadership program at the Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce.

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  Related Topix: Chapel Hill, NC, Carrboro, NC, Housing, Chatham County, NC

• Ready to rumble

  May 17, 2008 | via News Observer 

  Buyers and sellers both refuse to give ground as power in the housing market shifts Staff Illustration by Tim Lee Home buyers and sellers have traditionally haggled over prices.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home Listing, Cary, NC, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Macon Mall faces foreclosure

  7 hrs ago | via The Macon Telegraph 

  Foreclosure action has begun against Macon Mall because of nonpayment on a $141.2 million loan, and a new management company has been approved by the court to take control of the 1.4 million-square-foot ...

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Startups, Jones Lang LaSalle, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Jones Lang Lasalle

• Victory Won in the Foreclosure Struggle of Rubie Curl-Pinkins

  19 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire 

  Dear activists and concerned community members, Victory was won today in the struggle to stop the foreclosure and eviction of Rubie Curl-Pinkins from her home on Holden Street in Detroit! Today was the date ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, North Carolina

• Raleigh foreclosures up, still better than national rate

  Yesterday | via Wral.com 

  Foreclosures in the City of Raleigh were 64 percent greater in the second quarter of 2008 than in the same period last year.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, Housing

• John Edwards in town

  Yesterday | via Off the Kuff 

  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards was in town this week to promote his anti-poverty agenda.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election

• Gloomy Virginia: Foreclosure crisis likely to worsen, says analyst

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Delaware Coast Press 

  Government and community leaders from throughout Virginia gathered Wednesday to consider how they can reverse a disturbing spike in foreclosures.

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

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via Athens Banner-Herald 

  Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.

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

• Congress passes relief for 400,000 strapped homeowners, help for troubled mortgage giants

  5 min ago | via KEZI 

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

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  5 min ago | via Q95.com 

  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

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  5 min ago | via WGIR-AM Manchester 

  The Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and setting up a $300 billion ...

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

• Herbert Lanson Norton

  6 min ago | via Telegram 

  Norton Info Get Info on Norton from 14 search engines in 1. www.info.com Save on the latest 2008 versions of Norton Software from Symantec including Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security and Norton 360 ...

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  Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage