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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

• first deal nearly closed - Awesome product' still a tough sell

  Yesterday | via The News Tribune 

  A second-floor condo at The Esplanade on the Foss Waterway in Tacoma comes with granite counters.

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  Related Topix: Pierce County, WA, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Seattle Metro, Tacoma, WA

• Foreclosure filings up nearly 70% in state

  Thursday Jul 10 | via The Seattle Times 

  Washington state foreclosure filings were up 69 percent last month compared with the previous June and up almost 10 percent from May, as the mortgage meltdown continues despite government and private efforts to ...

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  Related Topix: Pierce County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, King County, WA, Home, Mortgage

• Sellers could soon have their market

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Tacoma News Tribune 

  The median home price in Pierce County continued to drop in June but so, too, did the number of homes awaiting buyers.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Pierce County, WA, Snohomish, WA, Puyallup, WA

• Puyallup and Pierce County Real Estate Statistics

  Monday Jun 23 | via Puyallup Undressed 

  These statistics are going to be no big surprise to anyone. They mostly represent the same things we have been seeing.

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  Related Topix: Pierce County, WA, Puyallup, WA, Housing

• Homebuyers look to cut commutes and fuel costs

  Thursday Jun 19 | via The Olympian 

  South Sound homebuyers are looking for houses closer to work, to cut the high cost of commuting brought on by record fuel prices, real estate agents and their customers said Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pierce County, WA, Centralia, WA, Home Buying, Home, Steilacoom, WA

Regional Headlines

• Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

  Thursday | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Washington, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Top Story: Plame Games Continue: Bush Claims Executive Privilege On CIA Leak

  Thursday | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 47 comments President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15,... President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Washington, George Bush, US News, State of the Union

• Law skewed in favor of builders

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  For the past two years, I've offered a bill in the state Senate that attempts to level the playing field between home buyers and builders.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Thurston County, WA, Olympia Metro, Olympia, WA, Washington, Opinion

• Washington's population is growing, but slower than before

  Friday Jul 4 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but that growth appears to be slowing because of faltering economies across the nation, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Washington

• Population grows, pace slowing

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but appears to be slowing down because of a faltering economy, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Washington

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  5 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

  23 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

  24 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

  25 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