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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

Regional Headlines

• Hording chocolate and airing the pork

  Yesterday | via ScrippsNews 

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- the government-chartered mortgage giants tumbling toward a taxpayer bailout -- have not been penurious about making campaign contributions and engaging top lobbyists to grease ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Illinois, Illinois Government

• Governor Blagojevich urges Congressional Delegation to support additional LIHEAP funding

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Illinois Government News Network 

  ' Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to members of Illinois' Congressional Delegation urging them to support legislation that would increase funding to the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance ... 1 comment

  Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Home, Mortgage, Illinois, Illinois Government, Cook County, IL

• Finally, some good news - fewer fatalities

  Friday | via The Daily Gazette 

  The daily news hasn't been all that rosy lately. Rising gasoline prices, higher unemployment, floods, wildfires and home loan foreclosures have led the parade of doom and gloom across the land.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Illinois, Illinois Government, Opinion

• Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Earthlink 

  More Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage July 17, 2008 6:04 PM EDT WASHINGTON - Sen.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Illinois, John McCain, Travel, Middle East, Israel Travel, Israel Travel

• Analysis: GOP, Dems using wars to define Obama

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Earthlink 

  Republican John McCain hopes to sell the idea that his rival is not. The return of Iraq and Afghanistan to the forefront of the presidential campaign illustrates how both sides increasingly seem to view the ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Illinois, US Military, US Navy, George Bush, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  13 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

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  14 min ago | via Alaska Journal of Commerce 

  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

• Property cools in capital with glum economy

  16 min ago | via Viet Nam News 

  Certain sectors of the Ha Noi real estate markets have cooled over the past few months as a result of the global economic slowdown, domestic inflation and limited liquidity on the market driven by high interest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ha Tay, Vietnam, World News, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Vietnam

• Why would Fed delay revision of rules?

  22 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  The Federal Reserve Board has signed off on new rules to help the rising tide of mortgage delinquencies by barring lenders from making loans without proof of a borrower's income and requiring lenders to ensure ...

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

• No slowdown for the downtown

  23 min ago | via Edmonton Sun 

  As executive director of the Downtown Business Association of Edmonton, it's a given Jim Taylor would be revved up about the city's core.

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  Related Topix: University of Houston System, Downtown (University of Houston System), Housing, Arlington (University of Texas System), University of Texas System, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Alberta, Opinion