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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

• Bexar County foreclosure filings slide below 900

  Jun 12, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Bexar County foreclosure filings dipped below 900 for the first time in five months, continuing a general trend of declines.

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  Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Foreclosures, San Antonio Metro, San Antonio, TX

• Nonprofit Group Helping Troubled Homeowners

  May 21, 2008 | via KSAT-TV San Antonio 

  In two weeks, 949 Bexar County homes will go on the auction block because of foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Bexar County, TX, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

• S.A.'s existing-home sales decrease, but prices rise

  May 20, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  In San Antonio, fewer existing homes were sold in April than last year, but the bad news is tempered by increased sales prices and foreclosure rates that have remained flat.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, San Antonio Metro, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Bexar County, TX

• Appraisals up average of 4.4 percent

  Apr 17, 2008 | via MySA.com 

  Just how average is your house? About 95 percent of homeowners countywide will have received this year's property appraisal notices by today, and existing home values - on average - have increased by about 4.4 ...

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  Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Home, Mortgage, San Antonio Metro

• Housing market still is cooling

  Apr 17, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  San Antonio's housing market continues to weaken, with fewer home sales in March and a higher-than-average number of homes set for the May foreclosure auction.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Bexar County, TX, Anton, TX, Real Estate, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Edwards Visits ACORN

  9 hrs ago | via Houtopia 

  Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a very interesting roundtable discussion at ACORN's new digs in Midtown, an event headlined by former U.S. Senator, presidential, and vice presidential candidate John ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  20 hrs ago | via Mexia Daily News 

  Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...

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  Related Topix: Mexia, TX, Home, Mortgage, Texas

• East Texas Housing Market Strong

  Yesterday | via KLTV Tyler 

  A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage

• Wide-reaching Housing Rescue Legislation Moves Forward

  Yesterday | via WMFE 

  The House approved Wednesday a hotly-debated housing rescue package aimed at helping strapped homeowners avoid foreclosures after President Bush dropped his opposition to the bill.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Texas

• BUSINESS: Wall Street looks to extend gains as oil retreats

  Wednesday | via NJ Biz 

  BUSINESS: Bush drops opposition to housing bill 7/23/2008 Under the bill, the government would help struggling homeowners get new, cheaper loans and would be allowed to offer troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Dolly, Texas, Retail, Tuesday Morning

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  4 min ago | via The Washington Post 

  Robert Johnson, who is building a resort in Liberia, says African Americans "have a responsibility" to support the West African nation.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  4 min ago | via WAOW-TV Wausau 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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

• Housing construction continues slump in St. Louis

  4 min ago | via STLtoday 

  Sales of new houses nationwide fell in June, prolonging a deep slump and other data show the St.

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• Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part One

  4 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic 

  A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Human Services provides various assistances services

  4 min ago | via Mason Valley News 

  The Lyon County Human Services Department offers a wide variety of programs and services to families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and shelter.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Home, Mortgage, Fernley, NV, Silver Springs, NV, Yerington, NV