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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

• Rainy days ahead

  Yesterday | via Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 

  When the state of Indiana closed out its books in 1999 with a projected surplus of more than $1 billion, the calls for giving it back to taxpayers began immediately - starting with Connie Nass, a Republican who ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Allen County, IN

• June home sales decline twice as bad as forecast

  Yesterday | via Journal Gazette 

  Sales of existing Allen County homes last month slid nearly 27 percent from June 2007, according to the Fort Wayne Area Association of Realtors.

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  Related Topix: Fort Wayne, IN, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures

• Furthermore ...

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Journal Gazette 

  PROBLEMS IN THE NATION'S housing and mortgage markets are well-documented and widely reported, but the steep drop in Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's stock last week has been attributed not to factual reports but ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana Institute of Technology

• Canyon Cliffs will enhance community

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Journal Gazette 

  Many have asked us why we pursue the 138-acre development of Canyon Cliffs in northeast Perry Township.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Huntertown, IN, Allen County, IN

• Be wary if buying home on contract

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 

  Brenda Wright has been a Realtor - and a teacher of Realtors - for more than 20 years.

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  Related Topix: Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne Metro, Allen County, IN, Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Senate expected to pass bill with property tax break

  Thursday | via IndyStar.com 

  The Senate is expected to finish a housing bill as early as Friday that includes a scaled-back version of a property tax break sought in part by Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, Richard Lugar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Indiana, Foreclosures

• Hundreds of foreclosed homes up for auction

  Sunday Jul 20 | via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis 

  Nearly 100 homes in the metro market went up on the auction block Sunday. All of them were in foreclosure. 22 comments

  Related Topix: Indiana, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Recovery takes long-term approach

  Friday Jul 18 | via The Tribune 

  It's been six weeks since floodwaters inundated Jackson County and much of central and southern Indiana, leaving behind a path of costly destruction and scores of homeless residents.

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  Related Topix: Bartholomew County, IN, Seymour, IN, Indiana, Home, Mortgage

• Group may go to court to halt foreclosure sales

  Monday Jul 14 | via WNDU-TV South Bend 

  A national housing activist group is threatening legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana

• Dow wobbles but regains feet

  Friday Jul 11 | via IndyStar.com 

  Fears that the nation could slip into recession and drag down Indiana stirred on Friday after oil prices soared on war worries and a key stock market index reeled over concerns about mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 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

  1 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

  1 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

  2 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

  4 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