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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

• Home sale prices in region slump again in June

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Baltimore Business Journal 

  Greater Baltimore's housing market continued to take a dive in June as home sales fell nearly 31 percent compared with the same month a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Baltimore Metro, Baltimore County, MD

• In the world of home foreclosure, you can bank on damage

  Saturday Jul 5 | via Baltimore Examiner 

  When Bob Steele, owner of Passport Realty in Mount Vernon, heads out to deliver a foreclosure notice, he always takes along a can of mace and a nightstick.

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  Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Ellicott City, MD, Baltimore, MD, Foreclosures, Belcamp, MD, Reisterstown, MD

• Baltimore area home sales fall 30% from a year ago

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Baltimoresun.com 

  The Baltimore-area housing market had another rocky month in May, with prices rising modestly but sales falling 30 percent from a year earlier. 45 comments

  Related Topix: Housing, Baltimore Metro, Anne Arundel County, MD, Harford County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Baltimore, MD

• Seeing is believing

  Jun 1, 2008 | via Bizjournals 

  Baltimore Business Journal - by Daniel J. Sernovitz Staff On a cool day in late May shortly after noon, 140 government workers came pouring through the doors of the student center at Harford Community College .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Standardized Testing, Education, Harford County, MD

• Hot savings

  May 18, 2008 | via Baltimore Sun 

  The grinding noise of drilling two 400-foot-deep holes in the ground was ear-splitting, never mind the toll the job was taking on the front lawn.

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  Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Harford County, MD, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Wednesday | via WTOP 

  Frederick County might step in to help alleviate the housing crisis. Next week, the Frederick County Commissioners plan to discuss a new law to prevent overgrown lawns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Maryland

• Foreclosure rules take effect Wednesday

  Tuesday | via Daily Record 

  New foreclosure-procedure rules go into effect Wednesday that require lenders to provide direct notice to delinquent homeowners before taking possession of and selling their homes.

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

• Foreclosure in court

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Maryland's highest court will convene today for a hearing on changes to foreclosure rules that would conform with new legislation that gives homeowners more notification and a longer waiting period before their ... 11 comments

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

• The Daily Dose: Monday

  Monday Jul 21 | via SNL Financial 

  Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust, announced that the company's total amount distributable for the quarter was S$22.6 million, an increase of 28.2% from S$17.7 ...

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  Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Maryland, Real Estate

• An economic prescription

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Reading recent headlines, it might be easy to conclude that the economy is in a death spiral. 21 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Weather, Housing, Opinion

National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  3 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

  3 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

  3 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

  4 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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• 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