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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

• A career in helping and housing

  6 hrs ago | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Carole MacPhee started her career as an emergency response volunteer helping house needy people in 1972 after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Agnes in her hometown of Wilkes Barre, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Ellicott City, MD, Columbia, MD

• Tilghman Beach and Golf Resort Offers Vacationers Chance To Win A...

  Friday Jul 18 | via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Release 

  Tilghman Beach & Golf Resort , the Myrtle Beach areas newest resort, located in beautiful North Myrtle Beach across the street from the Atlantic Ocean and overlooking Tilghman Lake and the prestigious Surf Golf ...

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  Related Topix: North-Myrtle-Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, Housing

• Mortgage situation likely to get worse

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Buffalo News 

  The crisis at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, once the unwavering giants of the mortgage finance industry, could make getting a home loan even more difficult and more expensive at a time when lenders are already ...

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  Related Topix: Columbia, MD, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• A Break From the Yard In Suburban Maple Lawn

  Friday Jul 11 | via Washington Post 

  Prasad Karunakaran, left, chats with neighbor Pradeep Sinha in the Maple Lawn community.

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  Related Topix: Sykesville, MD, Home, Mortgage, Gaithersburg, MD, Howard County, MD

• Some metro prices drop to 3-year lows

  Friday Jul 11 | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Average home prices dropped to three- or even four-year lows in parts of the metro area last month as sales continued to slump. 19 comments

  Related Topix: Housing

Regional Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Wednesday | via WTOP 

  Frederick County might step in to help alleviate the housing crisis. Next week, the Frederick County Commissioners plan to discuss a new law to prevent overgrown lawns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Maryland

• Foreclosure rules take effect Wednesday

  Tuesday | via Daily Record 

  New foreclosure-procedure rules go into effect Wednesday that require lenders to provide direct notice to delinquent homeowners before taking possession of and selling their homes.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures

• Foreclosure in court

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Maryland's highest court will convene today for a hearing on changes to foreclosure rules that would conform with new legislation that gives homeowners more notification and a longer waiting period before their ... 11 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• The Daily Dose: Monday

  Monday Jul 21 | via SNL Financial 

  Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust, announced that the company's total amount distributable for the quarter was S$22.6 million, an increase of 28.2% from S$17.7 ...

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  Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Maryland, Real Estate

• An economic prescription

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Reading recent headlines, it might be easy to conclude that the economy is in a death spiral. 21 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Weather, Housing, Opinion

National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  2 min ago | via KTVN Reno 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  3 min ago | via KCCI 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• Housing bill clears hurdle, vote seen Saturday

  3 min ago | via Reuters 

  The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to limit debate on a bill aimed at shoring up both the housing market and mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, paving the way for a final vote expected on ...

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

• Supervisors will make decision on SPARC funds

  3 min ago | via Southwest Times 

  The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will decide Monday night whether to accept an agreement for $1 million in funding to cover another year of low-interest loans for first-time home buyers.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Durables orders, Freddie Mac provide firm view

  4 min ago | via Reuters 

  New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose unexpectedly in June on a surge in defense orders, while a gauge of business investment was also higher than forecast in signs of economic resilience, a ...

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