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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

• Leer Tower For Sale

  12 hrs ago | via ABC 33/40 

  One of the most anticipated development projects in downtown Birmingham is at a standstill.

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  Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Foreclosures

• Edwards unseats Cunningham

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Shelby County Reporter 

  Political newcomer Tommy Edwards defeated incumbent Earl Cunningham in Tuesday's runoff to earn a seat on the Shelby County Commission.

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  Related Topix: Shelby County, AL, Real Estate, Alabaster, AL, Montevallo, AL, Calera, AL

• Regions Bank sells $19M loan

  Monday Jul 14 | via South Florida Business Journal 

  Regions Bank has sold its mortgage on Strada 315 in Fort Lauderdale to a Philadelphia-based real estate private equity firm.

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  Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale, FL, Philadelphia University, Home, Mortgage

• 960 WERC :: Birmingham's Information Station :: WERC-AM

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via WERC-AM Birmingham 

  President George Bush Tuesday tried to assuage U.S. consumers' concerns about a skittish U.S. economy, saying the long-term foundation is sound.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Regions bad year swamps high hopes born in AmSouth merger

  Monday Jul 14 | via Birmingham News Online 

  The past few months haven't been kind to Regions Financial Corp., which expected 2008 to be the year its combination with crosstown rival AmSouth Bancorp really began paying dividends.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Regions Financial, Amsouth Bancorporation, Home, Mortgage, Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Metro

Regional Headlines

• Camps help kids learn about money

  Thursday | via Montgomery Advertiser 

  TUSCALOOSA -- While his friends spend their money on video games and candy, Nicholas Sella saves most of his $8 weekly allowance, investing part in stocks and stashing the rest into a savings account.

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  Related Topix: Video Games, Financial Markets, Alabama, Tuscaloosa (University of Alabama System), Home, Mortgage

• Stocks in U.S. Decline on Concern Over Credit Losses; Fannie, Freddie Fall

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Bloomberg 

  U.S. stocks slid, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index into its first bear market since 2002, after rising borrowing costs spurred concern the biggest mortgage finance companies may not weather the housing ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Samford University

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Birmingham Business Journal 

  Samford University's Brock School of Business is changing the schedule of its evening MBA program.

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  Related Topix: Home, Alabama, Banking, Financial Services, Fifth Third Bancorp, Mortgage

• Housing rebound may have begun

  Friday Jun 27 | via Montgomery Advertiser 

  There are at least some indications that the housing market in the Montgomery area and in the state could be starting to recover.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Montgomery Metro, Montgomery, AL, Alabama Government, Alabama

• Housing rescue is final chance for bargaining

  Saturday Jun 21 | via Dateline Alabama 

  President Bush and Congress have settled their differences on terrorist surveillance and Iraq war money.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Alabama, Housing, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  4 min ago | via The Herald 

  Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage-finance giant, on Friday took a major step with the Securities and Exchange Commission toward selling billions of dollars of stock.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission

• Welcoming foreclosure

  1 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  Ralph Stover has good credit and a steady job. But he took out a risky interest-only first mortgage and a second mortgage to buy a new 1,900-square-foot condominium in 2003 with no money down.

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

• Seven Days, Seven Projects for a Kitchen that Sells

  22 min ago | via Tideland News 

  In today's market, selling a home involves much more than posting a "for-sale" sign in the yard.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Construction

• Affordable Bathroom Updates

  23 min ago | via Tideland News 

  With the slowdown in the real estate market, more people are looking for ways to add value to their homes and make them stand out from the rest.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

• Honor Your Word, or This Banker May Call Mom

  23 min ago | via HendersonvilleNews.com 

  Mary Milton, left, of Trapp, Md., treats herself to complimentary popcorn at Easton Bank and Trust in Easton, Md.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Home, Mortgage, Easton, MD