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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

• Guess Our Party?

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Daily News 

  July 22 Letters to the Editor Guess Our Party? The other day as I was coming into my hometown of Longview, "A great place to work, live, and play," I noticed a group of political campaign signs arranged ...

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  Related Topix: Cowlitz County, WA, University of Tennessee System, Martin (University of Tennessee System), Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, John McCain, US News

• Economy, gas prices cool home sales in growing Woodland

  Monday Jul 21 | via Daily News 

  Jim Groth planned to offer million-dollar homes in an upscale development along the Lewis River in Woodland.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Kalama, WA, Clark County, WA, Cowlitz County, WA, Housing, Portland Metro

• All eyes on the economy

  Mar 21, 2008 | via Vancouver Business Journal 

  Times are hard, and Southwest Washington isn't immune. But local experts said the area's continued employment growth, global exports and resilient housing market will keep it strong while headed into an ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Washington, Cowlitz County, WA, Vancouver, WA, Skamania County, WA

• Protest of Air Force decision on tanker mulled

  Mar 7, 2008 | via The Seattle Times 

  Boeing said it will "probably" decide this weekend whether to officially protest the U.S. Air Force's decision to award a $35 billion aerial refueling tanker program to partners Northrop Grumman and European ...

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  Related Topix: Bellevue, WA, Banking, Financial Services, Washington Mutual, Home, Mortgage

• State housing market plunges; county OK

  Feb 16, 2008 | via Daily News 

  Home sales and home prices in Washington slipped in the last quarter of 2007, reflecting the national downturn, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research said Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Pullman, WA, Cowlitz County, WA, Stehekin, WA, Washington

Regional Headlines

• and Whatcom Business Magazine

  Yesterday | via Bellingham Herald 

  Member Center Jul, 24, 2008 BUSINESS Wells Fargo names senior Business Banking relationship manager ` *Beta Graham Youtsey has been named senior Business Banking relationship manager at Wells Fargo.

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  Related Topix: Western Washington University, Home, Mortgage, Whatcom County, WA, Washington, Bellingham, WA

• Treasury Notes Drop on Stock Gains, Outlook for Wider U.S. Budget Deficit

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Bloomberg 

  Treasury 10-year notes fell for a second day as stocks advanced and a government rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spurred concern the budget deficit will grow.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Washington, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Real Estate Tourists Venture Out on "Foreclosure Safari"

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KIMA 

  It's a safari unlike any you've seen before-- it's in your neighborhoods. More than 40 people took a bus tour of foreclosed homes around the Tri-Cities Saturday.

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

• Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Washington, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Top Story: Plame Games Continue: Bush Claims Executive Privilege On CIA Leak

  Thursday Jul 17 | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 47 comments President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15,... President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Washington, George Bush, US News, State of the Union

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  8 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  9 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

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

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

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  9 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  9 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  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

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  9 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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