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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

• Failure Unlikely For Local Banks

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tampa Bay Online 

  Customers storming George Bailey's building and loan in the 1946 classic "It's a Wonderful Life" might seem more likely today, given the run on California-based IndyMac this week.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Clearwater, FL, Tampa, FL, Florida

• Real Estate in the Lealman Neighborhood in Pinellas County Florida

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Associated Content 

  The neighborhood "Lealman" is an un-annexed area in Pinellas County Florida. I will be disclosing my opinions about the real estate market here , the annexation issues , and the crime situation .

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  Related Topix: Pinellas County, FL, Real Estate

• Pinellas failed to learn real estate lessons of 1920s

  Saturday Jul 5 | via St. Petersburg Times 

  Real estate deals were struck on St. Petersburg's ubiquitous green benches by agents wearing knickerbockers in the 1920s boom days.

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  Related Topix: Clearwater, FL, Gandy, FL, Real Estate, St. Petersburg, FL

• Manatee foreclosure sales could go online

  Monday Jun 30 | via Bradenton Herald 

  Foreclosure auctions on the courthouse steps soon could become a relic of the past.

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  Related Topix: Manatee County, FL, Foreclosures, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sarasota, FL

• Working With Lenders On Residents' Behalf

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Tampa Bay Online 

  After a long day's work, Debbi Colon tosses and turns in bed. Her clients' tales echo freely through her brain, and she can't shut off the worry.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pinellas County, FL, Tampa, FL, St. Petersburg, FL

Regional Headlines

• Foreclosures Will Moderate as Home Prices Continue to Fall

  4 hrs ago | via Seeking Alpha 

  There will come a time when most of the homeowners that intend to walk away from their mortgages have done so.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Construction, Toll Brothers, Florida

• Housing headaches: California and Florida still top foreclosure list

  15 hrs ago | via KansasCity.com 

  California and Florida cities continue to account for most of the nation’s foreclosure activity, according to the monthly RealtyTrac report that monitors 230 metropolitan areas.RealtyTrac reported in its ...

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  Related Topix: University of California System, UC Merced, Cape Coral, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Miami Metro, Florida, Foreclosures

• Crist should stay away until news improves

  19 hrs ago | via Palm Beach Post 

  If I were Charlie Crist, I'd extend my stay in Europe. Our governor, in case you didn't know it, has been leading a group of 90 business and government officials on a European trade mission to England, France, ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Florida, Florida Government

• Drummond Made Its Dorchester Model Larger, Not Smaller

  23 hrs ago | via The Ledger 

  In today's much-maligned real estate market, the Drummond Co. decided it had to reboot a new model of homes for another phase of the Grasslands Golf and Country Club.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Florida

• Pro Bono Foreclosure Prevention Project

  Yesterday | via The Town-Crier Newspaper 

  Pro Bono Foreclosure Prevention Project The Florida Bar Foundation and Florida Legal Services are seeking members of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar to assist homeowners ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Florida, Royal Palm Beach, FL

National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  2 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  3 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• One year of the global financial crisis

  3 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  6 min ago | via Portland Tribune 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  6 min ago | via The Post-Star 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Home Listing, 2008 Presidential Election