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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

• Bragging heights

  Apr 20, 2008 | via The Morning Call 

  When Daniel McGinn asked his parents the square footage of his childhood home -- a center-hall Colonial built in 1929 in Washington, N.J. -- neither could answer.

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  Related Topix: Washington, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Housing, Foreclosures

• First Hope's assets rise while profit shrinks

  Jan 18, 2008 | via The Jersey Journal 

  First Hope Bank reported a smaller profit in 2007 while its assets rose. The owner of six branches in northwest New Jersey earned $519,000 in the fourth quarter and $2.1 million for the full year, according to ...

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  Related Topix: Hope, NJ, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Developers win, taxpayers lose in affordable housing bill

  Thursday | via Hillsborough Beacon 

  It will be a classic photo op. Seated at a table in Mount Laurel today , ready to sign the most far-reaching legislation in the history of New Jersey housing policy, Gov.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Mount Laurel, NJ, New Jersey Government, New Jersey, Opinion

• DCA Awards $52M in Housing Funds

  Thursday | via GlobeSt.com 

  The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded a total of $52.3 million in affordable housing funds to support development of that product across the state.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Camden County, NJ, New Jersey, Jersey City, NJ, Camden (Rutgers University), Somerdale, NJ

• Experts forecast a recession

  Thursday | via Asbury Park Press Online 

  New Jersey's economy, struggling with soaring energy costs and a faltering housing market, is headed for a mild recession that will last until 2010, Rutgers University researchers said Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Ocean County, NJ, Housing, New Jersey, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Domenic Gatto has 1-shot lead at New Jersey Open

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Daily Record 

  DEMAREST -- Amateur Domenic Gatto of Eagle Oaks shot a 3-under 69 and took a one-stroke lead after the first round of the 88th New Jersey State Golf Association Open Championship on Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Demarest, NJ, New Jersey, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Monroe Township, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

• U.S.: Heavy rains complicate Calif. firefighting efforts

  Monday Jul 14 | via NJ Biz 

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  Related Topix: New Jersey, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Home, Mortgage, Governors State University

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  2 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

  21 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

  21 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

  22 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