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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

• Schmid appointed to county board

  Wednesday Jun 11 | via Iroquois Times-Republic 

  Iroquois County Clerk Mark Henrichs swore in Bret Schmid, Gilman, at yesterday's county board meeting.

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  Related Topix: Iroquois County, IL, Real Estate, Gilman, IL

• Home sales rise

  Feb 13, 2008 | via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal 

  Posted 2/13/2008, 6:59PM, by Kristin Szremski Home sales in Kankakee and Iroquois counties rose in the fourth quarter 2007, according to data released today by the Illinois Association of Realtors. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Housing, Kankakee County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Real Estate

• Damage assessment starts as flood waters recede in Watseka

  Jan 14, 2008 | via Quad-City Times 

  WATSEKA, Ill. - Flood waters are starting to drop in the eastern Illinois community of Watseka, and state and local officials are taking a look at the damage.

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  Related Topix: Iroquois County, IL, Watseka, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Briefcase

  21 hrs ago | via Lincoln-Way Sun 

  Rhonda Altman of Shorewood recently joined Realty Executives Success as a Realtor.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Illinois

• Big Government: It's always about coercion

  Yesterday | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  As the nation braces for a long and grueling presidential contest, what are the chances that either candidate -- Democrat Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Illinois, Illinois Government, 2008 Presidential Election

• Obama's Excellent Deal

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Little Green Footballs 

  Some interesting news at the Washington Post, about a wonderful deal that Barack Obama received on his home loan: Obama Got Discount on Home Loan .

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  Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Barack Obama, Illinois, Illinois Government, Banking, Financial Services, Northern Trust, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Community organizer

  Friday Jul 4 | via The Belmont Club 

  Binyamin Appelbaum of the Boston Globe describes how Chicago proved that it is actually possible to build a perpetual motion - ahem - perpetual money machine.

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  Related Topix: Illinois, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Home, Mortgage, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

• Illinois Style: Artist's home is art

  Friday Jul 4 | via Chicago Tribune 

  During the mid-1970s, Harold Gregor and his friends were consumed with the notion of moving to New York City and becoming part of the art scene, but when talk turned to action, the friends moved and Gregor ...

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

National Headlines

• 15.JUN.08 Moratorium Now Coalition to stop

  4 min ago | via The Michigan Citizen 

  Official town hall meeting to demand passage of SB 1206, which will stop all foreclosures in Mmichigan for two years Saturday, June 14, 2-4 pm, UAW Local 7 2600 Conner Avenue, Detroit At the Town Hall Meeting ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Detroit Metro, Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI

• 18.MAY.08 'Improve your neighborhood'

  5 min ago | via The Michigan Citizen 

  Black Family Development Neighborhood Resource Fair Detroit residents will have the opportunity to learn how to form block clubs, prevent home foreclosure, obtain information on criminal record expungement and ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Detroit Metro, Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI, Wayne County, MI

• Trend toward specializations, relationships with clients

  6 min ago | via The Business Ledger 

  Trend toward specializations, relationships with clients As a result of the nation's economic climate, the legal profession is in a state of flux and experts agree that strengthening relationships with clients ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• Washington Report: Nationwide Registration?

  7 min ago | via Realty Times 

  With the Senate poised to pass major housing legislation this week -- even as early as tomorrow -- critics are taking a harder look at some of the bill's lesser-known provisions.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Realty Viewpoint: Discount Broker Leaves Sellers Stranded

  7 min ago | via Realty Times 

  Rumors were flying last week that Iggy's House, a discount broker, is out of business.

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  Related Topix: Burleson, TX, Real Estate