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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

• Retail group eyes L-A

  Monday Jul 21 | via Sun-Journal 

  A fact-finding mission to a retail convention in Boston snagged interest from a regional developer, as well as some evidence that Maine's anti-big-box image is fading.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Real Estate, Lewiston, ME, Auburn, ME, Lewiston Metro

• Is This the Perfect Time to Refinance?

  Jun 16, 2008 | via MaineToday 

  June is National Homeownership Month and Auburn Savings Bank with branches in Auburn and Lewiston and the other nearly 5,000 members of the Independent Community Bankers of America help Americans in communities ...

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  Related Topix: Lewiston, ME, Auburn, ME, Lewiston Metro, Mortgage

• Banking on tested trio

  May 14, 2008 | via Sun-Journal 

  Rick Vail believes bankers should take customer service personally. It's a philosophy that helped woo three top commercial loan executives from mega bank TD Banknorth to his much smaller Mechanics Savings Bank.

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  Related Topix: Lewiston, ME, Auburn, ME, Home, Mortgage, Lewiston Metro

• Broughton teams with Regency Corp.

  May 10, 2008 | via Sun-Journal 

  Former Downeast Mortgage loan originator Sarah Broughton recently announced her new affiliation with Regency Mortgage Corp.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mexico, ME, Rumford, ME

• Real Estate Sales, Prices Down

  Apr 24, 2008 | via WMTW-TV Auburn 

  The Maine real estate market remained cool in March, with home sales down 28 percent and prices down more than 3 percent.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Fuel costs stymie consumers, government

  3 hrs ago | via Village Soup 

  AUGUSTA : There are no easy answers for the governor or the Legislature to help the growing number of Mainers who will have trouble paying their heating bills this winter, and people most likely will have to ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, Maine Government

• Hope for the Best

  Yesterday | via The Ellsworth American 

  There are no easy answers from the Governor or the Legislature to help the growing number of Mainers who will have trouble paying their heating bills this winter.

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  Related Topix: Hope, ME, Healthcare Law, Law, Home, Mortgage, Maine, Maine Government

• No Easy Answers For Looming Heating Crisis

  Yesterday | via Lincoln County News 

  There are no easy answers for the governor or the Legislature to help the growing number of Mainers who will have trouble paying their heating bills this winter and people most likely will have to rely on ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Healthcare Law, Law, Maine, Maine Government

• Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Earthlink 

  More Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer Nuisance wildlife specialist Richard Burton, left, holds an 8-foot long non-venomous reticulated python as wildlife rehabilitator Jen Lewis calls a friend ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Maine, Gorham, ME, Offbeat

• Cutting torch caused fire at Maine boatyard

  Monday Jul 14 | via WBZ-AM Allston 

  The Maine fire marshal's office says a blaze that destroyed a well-known boatyard was caused by sparks from a cutting torch. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Maine, Natural Disasters, Maine Government, Wildfire, Fire, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  2 min ago | via KTVN Reno 

  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

• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  2 min ago | via KCCI 

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

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• Housing bill clears hurdle, vote seen Saturday

  2 min ago | via Reuters 

  The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to limit debate on a bill aimed at shoring up both the housing market and mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, paving the way for a final vote expected on ...

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

• Supervisors will make decision on SPARC funds

  3 min ago | via Southwest Times 

  The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will decide Monday night whether to accept an agreement for $1 million in funding to cover another year of low-interest loans for first-time home buyers.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Durables orders, Freddie Mac provide firm view

  4 min ago | via Reuters 

  New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose unexpectedly in June on a surge in defense orders, while a gauge of business investment was also higher than forecast in signs of economic resilience, a ...

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