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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Jun 19, 2008 | 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

• Financing dries up for home builders

  Monday Jul 21 | via Post Tribune 

  A slumping economy is forcing banks and other financial institutions to pull the reins on commercial lending, officials say, leaving many previously approved municipal housing projects in the dust.

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  Related Topix: Cedar Lake, IN, St. John, IN, Merrillville, IN, Crown Point, IN, Home, Mortgage, Hobart, IN

• Group may sue to halt foreclosure sales

  Sunday Jul 13 | via The Indianapolis Star 

  CROWN POINT, Ind. - A national housing activist group is threatening to legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties.

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• Lake County Council calls for moratorium on home foreclosures

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Post Tribune 

  As the mortgage crisis continues to force residents from their homes, the Lake County Council called Tuesday for a moratorium on residential foreclosures managed by the county.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lake County, IN, Foreclosures

• Housing slump benefits some

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Post Tribune 

  Three years ago, Scott and Amy Abell decided it was time to move their growing family out of their Lansing, Ill., apartment and test the waters of home ownership.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Munster, IN, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN, Home Selling

• Furniture resale shop right for the times

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Lincoln-Way Sun 

  With the economy teetering on the brink of recession, the timing for Patti Trewartha and Janet Ricketts couldn't have been better.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

Regional Headlines

• Senate expected to pass bill with property tax break

  Thursday | via IndyStar.com 

  The Senate is expected to finish a housing bill as early as Friday that includes a scaled-back version of a property tax break sought in part by Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, Richard Lugar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Indiana, Foreclosures

• Hundreds of foreclosed homes up for auction

  Sunday Jul 20 | via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis 

  Nearly 100 homes in the metro market went up on the auction block Sunday. All of them were in foreclosure. 22 comments

  Related Topix: Indiana, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Recovery takes long-term approach

  Friday Jul 18 | via The Tribune 

  It's been six weeks since floodwaters inundated Jackson County and much of central and southern Indiana, leaving behind a path of costly destruction and scores of homeless residents.

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  Related Topix: Bartholomew County, IN, Seymour, IN, Indiana, Home, Mortgage

• Group may go to court to halt foreclosure sales

  Monday Jul 14 | via WNDU-TV South Bend 

  A national housing activist group is threatening legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana

• Dow wobbles but regains feet

  Friday Jul 11 | via IndyStar.com 

  Fears that the nation could slip into recession and drag down Indiana stirred on Friday after oil prices soared on war worries and a key stock market index reeled over concerns about mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  15 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  16 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  16 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  16 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  16 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home