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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

• Comics book convention in Philadelphia and examining the security of...

  May 24, 2008 | via Easton Express-Times 

  Comics book convention in Philadelphia and examining the security of the bond market in Saturday's Express-Times ... Posted by Express-Times staff May 23, 2008 20:00PM ... and at www.lehighvalleylive.com A ...

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  Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Financial Markets, Mortgage, Personal Finance, State College, PA, Centre County, PA

• Pennsylvania Fire Company Recovers From Financial Trouble

  May 19, 2008 | via FireFightingNews.com 

  Three years ago, when the Port Matilda Fire Company's building was days away from foreclosure, no one thought this day would come.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Port Matilda, PA, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Centre County, PA

• Stretch every dollar

  Nov 26, 2007 | via Centre Daily Times 

  Statistically, Todd and Heather Kellerman shouldn't be making ends meet. But they're getting by.

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  Related Topix: State College, PA, State College Metro, Milesburg, PA, Centre County, PA, Home, Mortgage

• Help available for first-time homebuyers

  Mar 4, 2008 | via Centre Daily Times 

  What do 276 households in Centre County have in common? Participation in the First-Time Homebuyer Program.

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  Related Topix: Bellefonte, PA, Milesburg, PA, Centre County, PA, Mortgage, Home, Opinion

• Centre County less affected by housing slump; affordability a concern

  Jan 30, 2008 | via Centre Daily Times 

  COLLEGE TOWNSHIP -- Problems in the national housing market have yet to hit a low point, but while Pennsylvania is not immune to the down market, the impact here hasn't been as severe as in much of the rest of ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Centre County, PA, Media, PA

Regional Headlines

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Yesterday | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Harrisburg (Pennsylvania State University System), Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

• Wachovia's Brokerage Inspected by State Regulators in Auction-Rate Probe

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Bloomberg 

  Wachovia Corp. 's securities division was inspected by a team of regulators from more than five states who delivered subpoenas today as part of a probe into the company's sales of auction-rate bonds.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Advertising, Boston University, Pennsylvania

• Don Spatz,

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Reading Eagle/Reading Times 

  I've taken shots at the Pennsylvania Department of Banking for hiding behind a legal gag and refusing to say what really happened in the Wesley Snyder case.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Federal Prisons, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Consumer Prices Jump by the Most Since 2005 on Surge in Fuel, Food Costs

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Bloomberg 

  Prices paid by U.S. consumers jumped in June by the most since 2005 on spiraling costs for fuel and food, intensifying the pressure on households struggling with falling home prices and the credit crunch.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Ben Bernanke, Pennsylvania

• Economic Outlook: Midwestern banks to see tough round of quarterly results

  Sunday Jul 13 | via MarketWatch 

  A wave of gloomy results from the second quarter are expected to be the highlight of reports that Midwestern regional banks will issue in the coming days, analysts say.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, US Bancorp, Marshall University, Pennsylvania

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  10 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

  14 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

  21 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