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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

• Dollars & Sense

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via The Modesto Bee 

  More than 1,000 cattle at risk of contracting bovine tuberculosis are being slaughtered in Fresno County, where the contagious lung disease has been found at three dairies.

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  Related Topix: Fresno County, CA, Kings County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Agriculture, Science, Home, Mortgage

• Unemployment rates in Valley rise

  Feb 29, 2008 | via Fresno Bee 

  Unemployment rates rose across the central San Joaquin Valley in January, as continuing job losses in construction and real estate-related financial services continued their drag on the slowing economy.

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  Related Topix: San Joaquin, CA, Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Housing, Madera County, CA, Kings County, CA

• Updates: Defaults up sharply in fourth quarter

  Jan 22, 2008 | via Fresno Bee 

  The number of default notices filed against homeowners in California jumped last quarter to its highest level in more than 15 years, a real estate tracking service said Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Fresno County, CA, Tulare County, CA, Kings County, CA, Merced County, CA, Foreclosures

• Flood warning: Insurance could spike

  Dec 20, 2007 | via Twin City Times 

  By Eiji Yamashita eyamashita@HanfordSentinel.com Buying now could save money later -- a lot of it.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Kings County, CA

Regional Headlines

• Merced Sun-Star: Governor takes bold action

  6 hrs ago | via Los Banos Enterprise 

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to have taken a bold step in finding a solution to one segment of the state's housing crisis.

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  Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, California, California Government, Home, Mortgage

• Home sales in June plunge 2.6%, a 10-year low, but West sees rise /...

  8 hrs ago | via SFGate 

  With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices fell compared with a year ago and analysts predicted prices would keep falling until next spring as tighter credit, a slipping job market and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, California

• Foreclosure Effect on Renters

  Monday Jul 14 | via Voice of San Diego 

  I've been meaning to post this stat for a while. One-quarter of all foreclosed single-family homes in the state are occupied by renters, the California Apartment Association estimates.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California Government, California

• Report: Grand jury investigating subprime lenders

  19 hrs ago | via The Record 

  A federal grand jury reportedly is investigating the nation's largest subprime mortgage lenders, Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Home, Mortgage, California

• Don't Let Them Slash Your Credit-Card Limits

  22 hrs ago | via WTVF Nashville 

  As big banks such as Wachovia, Citigroup and Bank of America continue to post multimillion-dollar writedowns to cover mortgage loan losses and other bad investments, credit-card holders are increasingly getting ...

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

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  5 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

  5 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

  6 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

  6 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

  6 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