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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

• Foreclosures continue to soar

  Wednesday | via Monterey County Herald 

  Foreclosures in Monterey County continue to climb at a record pace, with 847 homes lost to foreclosure in the second quarter, reflecting an increase of 443 percent over the second quarter of 2007. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Santa Cruz County, CA, San Luis Obispo County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Housing, Monterey County, CA

• Peter Boutell, Lending a Hand: Today's most critical measure in mortgage lending

  Sunday Jul 20 | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The "mortgage meltdown," as the press calls it, officially started last August but the beginnings of it were being felt by mid-2006. According to the Implode-O-Meter [ml-implode.com], 266 mortgage lenders have ... 1 comment

  Related Topix: University of California System, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Santa Cruz County, CA

• Santa Cruz County Bank Reports Second Quarter Results

  Feb 3, 2004 | via Earth Times 

  Bank reports double digit growth in assets, Loans, and deposits on year to year basis SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 18 SANTA CRUZ, Calif.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Santa Cruz County, CA

• County home prices drop to $600,000 in June

  Friday Jul 18 | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The county's median home price fell to $600,000 in June, a $157,000 drop compared to the same month last year, according to statistics released Thursday. 22 comments

  Related Topix: University of California System, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Santa Cruz County, CA, Housing

• Median home prices slip to $600,000 in Santa Cruz County

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The median home price in Santa Cruz County slipped to $600,000 in June, down from $610,000 in May of 2008. 19 comments

  Related Topix: Santa Cruz County, CA, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Merced Sun-Star: Governor takes bold action

  5 hrs ago | via Los Banos Enterprise 

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to have taken a bold step in finding a solution to one segment of the state's housing crisis.

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  Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, California, California Government, Home, Mortgage

• Home sales in June plunge 2.6%, a 10-year low, but West sees rise /...

  7 hrs ago | via SFGate 

  With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices fell compared with a year ago and analysts predicted prices would keep falling until next spring as tighter credit, a slipping job market and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, California

• Foreclosure Effect on Renters

  Monday Jul 14 | via Voice of San Diego 

  I've been meaning to post this stat for a while. One-quarter of all foreclosed single-family homes in the state are occupied by renters, the California Apartment Association estimates.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California Government, California

• Report: Grand jury investigating subprime lenders

  18 hrs ago | via The Record 

  A federal grand jury reportedly is investigating the nation's largest subprime mortgage lenders, Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Home, Mortgage, California

• Don't Let Them Slash Your Credit-Card Limits

  21 hrs ago | via WTVF Nashville 

  As big banks such as Wachovia, Citigroup and Bank of America continue to post multimillion-dollar writedowns to cover mortgage loan losses and other bad investments, credit-card holders are increasingly getting ...

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

National Headlines

• Existing Home Sales Drop Again

  15 min ago | via On Wall Street 

  June proved to be a pretty hot month, but not in the housing market. The latest figure from the National Association of Realtors shows that existing home sales in June fell, as did the median price of a home.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Real Estate, Housing

• Stock market outlook mixed

  15 min ago | via The Toronto Star 

  Overseas stock markets were gloomy but Wall Street index futures pointed to a modest recovery Friday from the previous session's sharp losses.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New Brunswick, Canada, Canada, Woodstock Area, NB, Juniper, NB, York (Toronto, ON), Ontario, Toronto, ON

• John Edwards in town

  16 min ago | 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

• U.S. 2Q foreclosure filings more than double 8:28 Am CT

  16 min ago | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

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

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro

• Federal Bill Will Provide Incentive To 2nd Lienholders To Allow Refinance

  16 min ago | via The Real Estate Bloggers 

  While I am still not thrilled with the 300 billion dollar housing bill working it's way through Congress, they did insert some logic into the process.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage