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• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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• A Foreclosure Bargain for Their "Forever House"

  Wednesday May 14 | via Realty Trac 

  Karen Krynen saw an opportunity. Nestled at the top of a hill with a long private driveway, the bank-owned property sitting on a huge 40,946 square foot lot was exactly what she was looking for.

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  Related Topix: La Habra Heights, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

• Pittsburgh-area home foreclosures rise nearly 7 percent

  Friday Apr 25 | via Times Leader 

  A company that tracks real estate transactions in the Pittsburgh region says home foreclosures rose 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2008.

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  Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Foreclosures, Beaver, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

• Home foreclosures in Pittsburgh region set new record

  Friday Apr 25 | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  Foreclosures during the January-March quarter of 2008 set a new record in the five-county Pittsburgh region with 1,187 houses lost by homeowners through this action, a local real estate tracking company ...

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  Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Foreclosures, Allegheny County, PA

• February foreclosures rise here, elsewhere in region

  Mar 27, 2008 | via O-R Online 

  Washington County saw home foreclosures increase in February, according to a reading from an area real estate tracking company.

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  Related Topix: Washington County, PA, Foreclosures, Beaver County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA

• Foreclosures in Pittsburgh region in February hit 22-year high

  Mar 27, 2008 | via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 

  Foreclosures of residential homes in the five-county Pittsburgh region in February were at their highest level in 22 years, according to a report issued today. 7 comments

  Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA, Foreclosures, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA

• Region's home foreclosures fall in January

  Feb 27, 2008 | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite national news to the contrary, residential foreclosures in the Pittsburgh region fell in January from a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Beaver, PA, Washington, PA, Butler, PA, Foreclosures, Beaver County, PA, Pittsburgh Metro

• Thousands more Pennsylvanians losing their homes

  10 hrs ago | via Tony Phyrillas 

  A new report says that the number of residential foreclosures in Pennsylvania has risen by 37 percent in the past year.

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

• Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

  14 hrs ago | via Federal Bureau of Investigation 

  United States Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan announced today, May 14, 2008, that Jason Jester, a resident of South Park, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Wire Fraud Conspiracy.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Mishkin Says Fed Should Tighten Regulation to Avert Asset-Price `Bubbles'

  Yesterday | via Bloomberg 

  Central bankers should strengthen regulation to avert a credit-fueled increase in asset prices and forgo raising interest rates in an attempt to reverse a future price surge, Federal Reserve Governor Frederic ...

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Foreclosures, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage

• In a downturn, it's wise to simply accentuate the positive

  Thursday | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  You don't have a say in setting gas prices. You certainly can't force the real estate market to rebound.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Real Estate

• Toll Bros. show no housing revival

  Wednesday May 14 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Investors scouring for hints of a housing revival won't find much in the second-quarter preliminary sales results of luxury-home builder Toll Bros.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Home Building, Housing, Pennsylvania

• Treasury secretary says markets calmer now

  9 min ago | via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that financial markets are "considerably calmer" now than they were two months ago.

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  Related Topix: General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Vallejo Metro, Housing

• Meruelo Maddux Announces 2008 First Quarter Results

  14 min ago | via Huliq.com 

  Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc. , a self-managed, full-service real estate company that develops, redevelops and owns commercial and residential properties, today announced results for the three months ended ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Hands-free - but not carefree

  18 min ago | via Tulare Advance-Register 

  Lawmakers hope cell-phone law makes California highways safer BY GERALD CARROLL * gcarroll@visalia.gannett.com * May 17, 2008 Time is money for Visalia real estate agent Ed Morton.

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  Related Topix: Tulare, CA, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Porterville, CA, Visalia, CA, Cell Phones, Electronics

• Real Estate

  20 min ago | via CBS News 

  U.S. Home Foreclosures Keep Rising More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year and contributing ...

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

• Wachovia re-organizes investment bank units

  27 min ago | via Charlotte.com 

  Wachovia Corp. told employees Friday that it's folding together two groups within its corporate and investment bank as part of an ongoing reorganization of the unit that has suffered in the global credit ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Wachovia Corporation, Banking, Mortgage, Home