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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

• Neighborhood watch group taking shape

  Yesterday | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Residents of one unincorporated neighborhood gathered at an East Chadley Street home Thursday to discuss problems ranging from raccoons to drug trafficking.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Covina, CA, Foreclosures

• Demand, Supply, and Prices

  Friday | via Men's News Daily 

  It's clear enough that even if the US economy comes to a halt - and the Democrats seem determined to make that happen - the demand for oil by China, India, and other growing nations will go up exponentially; ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Rebs Announces MLS/Claw to Provide Clarus Marketmetrics as Member Benefit

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via California Real Estate 

  Real Estate Business Services Inc. today announced that the Combined L.A./Westside Multiple Listing Service Inc.

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  Related Topix: Beverly Hills, CA, Real Estate, Los Angeles County, CA, San Fernando, CA, Burbank, CA

• LA County Home Sales Down 25.1 Percent Year-To-Year

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4 

  Los Angeles County home sales declined 25.1 percent in June, compared to the same month a year ago, and prices fell by 23.9 percent, DataQuick , a real estate information service reported on Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, San Diego County, CA

• Southern California home sales and prices keep falling

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Los Angeles Times 

  Southern California's housing market continues to be racked by falling prices and declining sales volume, a real estate information service reported today.

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  Related Topix: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Housing, Riverside County, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

Regional Headlines

• Cash challenged? Cry uncle

  2 hrs ago | via Chicago Tribune 

  Two little-known federal programs may hold the answer for would-be home buyers who don't have money for a down payment or don't have money left after closing to update their properties.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Home Buying, Home, California, UC Riverside, University of California System, UC San Diego, Mortgage

• Calif. To Be Hit Hard Among Nation's 1 Million Foreclosures

  17 hrs ago | via NBC Channel 11 

  A forecast released Friday has predicted that 1 million homes will be in foreclosure nationwide by the end of the year. 10 comments

  Related Topix: California, California Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Home Listing

• Inland rents start to level off, report says

  Yesterday | via The Press-Enterprise 

  After coping with years of strong rent growth, Inland Southern California apartment dwellers are getting relief.

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  Related Topix: California, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Housing, UC Riverside, University of California System, San Bernardino, CA

• Solar-powered homes give builder an edge

  Yesterday | via Lake Elsinore Valley News 

  Challenged with selling new homes in a tough residential real estate market, Woodside Homes has partnered with solar panel giant SunPower Corp., Southern California Edison and the makers of energy-efficient ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Energy, California, Temecula, CA

• No housing bubble in Canada: Flaherty

  Yesterday | via National Post 

  Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shrugged off housing worries in Canada Wednesday, saying there is no bubble and that the subprime-mortgage woes crippling financial institutions in the United States are ...

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  Related Topix: Commerce (Texas A&M University System), Texas A&M University System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, California

National Headlines

• Flip that house

  2 min ago | via Ottawa Sun 

  Lay down a small investment on a fixer-upper. Spend a month or two painting, laying down laminate floors, retiling the bathroom, finishing the basement.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Home Listing

• Realtors to give Washoe schools $11,500

  3 min ago | via Reno Gazette-Journal 

  The Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors and the Incline Village Board of Realtors will present Washoe County School District superintendent Paul Dugan with a check for $11,500 for repairs, improvements and ...

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  Related Topix: Sparks, NV, Reno, NV, Reno Metro, Incline-Village, NV, Education Etc., Real Estate

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  3 min ago | via The Mississippi Press 

  Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US News, Housing, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Real estate slump brings rise in short sales

  18 min ago | via Las Vegas Review Journal 

  Jo-Anne Guderian of Coldwell Banker Premier Realty says fewer than 30 percent of short sales in her office close escrow.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Home Selling, Housing, Mortgage, Las Vegas, NV, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Report paints gloomy picture

  19 min ago | via Shropshire Star 

  Ask yourself this question: What is Ludlow best known for? Your answer will probably include a few of the following: Fantastic restaurants, a beautiful castle, glorious countryside, vibrant festivals and a rich ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home