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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Thursday Jun 19 | 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

• Less is more

  Friday Jul 11 | via Sedona.biz 

  Less is more Sedona P&Z trades density for affordable housing and other benefits by Cyndy Hardy SEDONA, AZ - July 2, 2008 - David Goldman is one of several Sedona residents who say six proposed affordable ...

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• AZ home prices fall at fastest rate ever

  May 23, 2008 | via Arizona Daily Star 

  Home prices in Arizona are dropping faster than ever. Figures Thursday from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight show the value of an average home in the state slid 5.5 percent in the first ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Mortgage, Home, Arizona, Yavapai County, AZ

Regional Headlines

• Jody Davis

  Monday Jul 14 | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  A bill signed into law by Gov. Janet Napolitano last week will increase fraud protection and punish misrepresentation by regulating individual loan officers -- not just their employers.

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Arizona construction projects capture Golden Nugget awards

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Residential Real Estate 

  Four residential real estate projects involving Valley companies took home top honors from the annual Gold Nugget awards program June 26 in San Francisco.

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Housing

• Foreclosure Prevention

  Jun 5, 2008 | via Phoenix Arizona 

  Governor Janet Napolitano announced today the latest effort in a series of state initiatives to better serve Arizona families facing foreclosure.

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

• Advice by Kenneth Harney : Congress weighs licensing system for mortgage lending industry

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Arizona Daily Star 

  ' Should your mortgage loan officer have fingerprints on file in a national electronic database, even if he or she has never been convicted of a crime? Should you be able to go to a Web site to check out your ...

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• US Exports to Iran Rose in Bush Years

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via KNUS-AM Aurora 

  IN THE HEADLINES Obama proposes changing bankruptcy laws to help military, others ... Democrats seek voter input in 50 states for party platform ... Poll: John McCain looks like best in show among pet owners ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US News, US Politics, John McCain, Arizona, Arizona Government

National Headlines

• Airlines hope credit cards will help bail them out of financial crisis

  7 min ago | via The Seattle Times 

  Who hasn't felt guilty handing a harried flight attendant $20 for a $5 drink, then sat there waiting as he or she runs around the cabin asking other passengers for change? Alaska Airlines' recent decision to ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Travel

• DRPA touts efficiency to sell toll hike plan

  7 min ago | via CourierPostOnline 

  The DRPA is preparing to justify its proposed toll and fare hike to the public this week by demonstrating strong fiscal management, by promising to stick to its mission as a regional transportation authority ...

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  Related Topix: Camden (Rutgers University), Cumberland County, PA, Home, Mortgage, Chester, PA

• Financial crunch hitting seniors

  8 min ago | via Columbus Dispatch 

  Janet and Benjamin Thompson found themselves in the midst of a financial nightmare: an adjustable-rate mortgage about to go up for the second time, credit-card debt and rising medical expenses.

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  Related Topix: Baltimore, OH, Ohio University, Health, AARP, Home, Mortgage

• U.S. taxpayers saddled with another bailout

  8 min ago | via CourierPostOnline 

  We knew it could happen, even though they said it wouldn't. The government is using our money again to haul private companies' hindquarters out of the fire -- this time it's troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Flip side of rescue from lending bust: Homes unafforable

  8 min ago | via CourierPostOnline 

  Doug Gylfe still can't afford to buy a home in Torrance, Calif., despite a 23 percent drop in prices.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Buying, Harvard University, University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles, York (Pennsylvania State University System)