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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

• Local Dem delegates will rally for Obama

  Jun 4, 2008 | via The Aspen Times 

  A Basalt man who is a delegate to the Democratic National Convention said Tuesday he will have no problem switching his allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama to help the party win the presidency.

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  Related Topix: Basalt, CO, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Real Estate, Blanca, CO, Garfield County, CO

Regional Headlines

• Officials mull aid to help people pay their utility bills

  Wednesday | via Rocky Mountain News 

  Cherise Smith, with daughter, Desiree, 8, by her side, is facing a power shut-off. Gov.

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  Related Topix: Colorado Springs (University of Colorado System), University of Colorado System, Foreclosures, Colorado, Colorado Government, Xcel Energy, Energy, Denver (University of Colorado System)

• Grand Junction economy shows symptoms of national slump

  Monday Jul 14 | via Grand Junction Free Press 

  An economic malaise that has spread throughout the country and rekindled fears of a recession seems to have been unable to penetrate the region's Teflon-like safety barrier provided by the oil and natural gas ...

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Government, Real Estate

• Colorado Enacts Mortgage Licensing Regulations

  Jul 13, 2006 | via The Mortgages Weblog 

  Colorado becomes the 49th state in the U.S. to enact licensing or registrations of mortgage brokers, leaving Alaska as the last state lacking regulation on the mortgage industry.

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Morgan County Board of Realtors ready for awards

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Fort Morgan Times 

  The Morgan County Board of Realtors is getting ready to elect new officers and give out awards at its annual banquet - ' and can use nominations.

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Real Estate

• US home sales fall again in May

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via BBC 

  The number of homes sold in the US fell more than expected in May, down 14% compared with the same month last year.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Mortgage, Home, Colorado

National Headlines

• Economy needs stability before regulation

  2 min ago | via The Herald 

  Economy needs stability before regulation By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- Henry Paulson was in shirt sleeves Thursday afternoon in his office at the Treasury Department, tie loose at the collar, feet propped up ...

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

• Freddie Mac files with Us Sec, first step to capital

  4 min ago | via ABS-CBN News 

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion.

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

• Earnings Outlook: Bank of America heads parade firms aiming to show turnaround

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Is it turnaround time for banks? Bank of America Corp. BAC , , ) tops the list of major U.S. financial firms reporting earnings next week, and investors will be looking to see if the nation's second-largest ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase , Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage

• Rental market not benefitting from mortgage turmoil in Valley

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Record numbers of Valley families may be losing their homes to foreclosure, but they apparently are not moving into vacant apartments.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Merced County, CA, Foreclosures, Stanislaus County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

• Welcoming foreclosure

  5 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