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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

• Healthy economy keeping Tri-City foreclosures at bay

  May 25, 2008 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  A healthy economy, steady housing market and the absence of pervasive subprime lending are keeping the Tri-City area from experiencing the overwhelming wave of foreclosures hitting other areas of the country.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Benton County, WA, Franklin County, WA, Richland Metro, Kennewick, WA

• Kennewick mother, daughter charged in ID theft

  Jan 11, 2008 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  A Kennewick mother and daughter accused of stealing a West Richland woman's identity to buy big screen TVs, an iPod and other items appeared to have used their jobs as a real estate agent and bank vice ...

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  Related Topix: Benton County, WA, iPod, Real Estate, Science / Technology, Apple

• Accused teen pleads innocent to Benton County deaths

  Dec 28, 2007 | via Tri-City Herald 

  Joshua A. Tucker almost seemed out of place as he shuffled into a Benton County Superior Courtroom filled with adults Thursday. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Benton City, WA, Benton County, WA, Violent Crime, Home Listing, Home, Kennewick, WA

Regional Headlines

• Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Washington, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Top Story: Plame Games Continue: Bush Claims Executive Privilege On CIA Leak

  Thursday Jul 17 | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 47 comments President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15,... President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Washington, George Bush, US News, State of the Union

• Law skewed in favor of builders

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  For the past two years, I've offered a bill in the state Senate that attempts to level the playing field between home buyers and builders.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Thurston County, WA, Olympia Metro, Olympia, WA, Washington, Opinion

• Washington's population is growing, but slower than before

  Friday Jul 4 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but that growth appears to be slowing because of faltering economies across the nation, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Washington

• Population grows, pace slowing

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but appears to be slowing down because of a faltering economy, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Washington

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  11 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

  12 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

  15 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?

  20 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

  22 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