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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

• , Corsicana, Texas

  May 20, 2008 | via Corsicana Daily Sun 

  For months, people who don't want power plants in Navarro County have been organizing, running ads, and speaking out at city council and county commissioner's meetings.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Family, Kids, Texas, Corsicana, TX, Environmental, Waste Management, Navarro County, TX

• Foreclosures not epidemic here

  May 17, 2008 | via Corsicana Daily Sun 

  When Brenda and Mike Bailey moved into their 1930s Victorian house in Corsicana, they expected it to be their last move.

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  Related Topix: Corsicana, TX, Navarro County, TX, Foreclosures

• Three East Texans Indicted In Mortgage Fraud Scheme

  Feb 8, 2008 | via KLTV Tyler 

  News can happen anytime, anywhere. If you See It you can Snap It and then Send It to KLTV.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Navarro County, TX, Gun Barrel City, TX, Kemp, TX

• Henderson County Residents Charged in Mortgage Scheme

  Feb 8, 2008 | via Tyler Morning Telegraph 

  Two Henderson County residents were indicted Thursday by a Navarro County grand jury for first-degree felonies for engaging in organized mortgage fraud.

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  Related Topix: Navarro County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Gun Barrel City, TX, Kemp, TX

• Three indicted in mortgage fraud scheme

  Feb 7, 2008 | via Waco Tribune-Herald 

  Two Central Texas women and a man were indicted Thursday in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost one government agency more than $3 million, officials say.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Chatfield, TX, Navarro County, TX, Gun Barrel City, TX, Kemp, TX

Regional Headlines

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  6 hrs ago | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  7 hrs ago | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  16 hrs ago | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

• State housing agency salutes year's top lenders for first time homebuyer programs

  19 hrs ago | via KRGV-TV Weslaco 

  Acknowledging that its goal of increasing homeownership rates among low to moderate income Texans depends on strong partnerships with local lenders, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs today ...

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  Related Topix: Houston Metro, Houston Metro, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Dallas-Fort Worth preowned home sales fall 15% in 2008

  Yesterday | via Quick 

  Early hopes for a spring rebound in Dallas-area home sales didn't pan out. All but a few area residential districts experienced fewer home purchases in the first half of this year, according to the latest ...

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Texas, Lancaster, TX, Mesquite, TX, Dallas Metro, Housing

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  9 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

  3 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

  27 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

  28 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

  28 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