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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

• Housing slump leaves apartment vacancy rates unchanged at 5.9%

  5 hrs ago | via Shanghai Daily 

  THE vacancy rate for US rental apartment buildings was unchanged at 5.9 percent in the second quarter as the housing slump and a weakening economy deterred people from buying homes, Reis Inc reported.

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  Related Topix: Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Housing, New York Metro

• Apartment Vacancies Remain at 5.9 Percent; Rents Rise as Home Sales Fall

  Friday | via Bloomberg.com 

  The vacancy rate for U.S. rental apartment buildings was unchanged at 5.9 percent in the second quarter as the housing slump and a weakening economy deterred people from buying homes, Reis Inc.

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  Related Topix: Medicine, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Housing, New York Metro

• Foreclosure Forum

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via WSTC-AM Norwalk 

  The sub-prime mortgage meltdown and the resulting amount of foreclosures among state and Fairfield County homeowners has reached staggering proportions according to a crack panel of experts who gathered Tuesday ...

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  Related Topix: Norwalk, CT, Stamford Metro, Fairfield County, CT, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Conn. home prices plummet

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via NewsTimesLive.com 

  Home prices in Connecticut dropped more than 10 percent in May from a year ago, the first double-digit percentage drop in 16 years, a research firm reported Tuesday. 54 comments

  Related Topix: Housing, Litchfield County, CT, Fairfield County, CT

• Region, state home sales plunge

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Connecticut Post 

  Fairfield County, despite maintaining a median home sales price of more than $500,000, was affected by the general malaise afflicting the real estate market in May when single-family home sales fell 44.55 ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Fairfield County, CT, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Connecticut Home Prices See Steepest Drop In 16 Years

  23 hrs ago | via Hartford Business 

  Real estate activity normally warms up with the weather, but not this spring. Connecticut housing sales and prices continued to fall in May, particularly in the eastern half of the state.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Connecticut, Hartford County, CT, Real Estate, Litchfield County, CT

• Chris Dodd's VIP treatment

  Friday | via Boston Globe 

  "I'm no clairvoyant. There was no red flag to me that we were getting some special treatment." -Senator Christopher Dodd Poor Chris Dodd can't catch a break this year.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, Foreclosures, Connecticut, Christopher Dodd, John McCain, Barack Obama, Opinion

• Numbers Say Housing Slide Is Now Reality for NL County

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via The Day 

  The same steep housing slump that has taken down markets in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has finally caught up with New London County and Connecticut.

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  Related Topix: Boston Metro, Home, Mortgage, New London County, CT, Connecticut, Housing

• Housing's Bad Spring

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Hartford Courant 

  Spring usually gives a boost to the state's housing market. Not this year. The decline in the median sales price of single-family houses in Connecticut gained momentum in May, plunging nearly 11 percent, the ... 2 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Hartford County, CT, New Haven Metro, New Haven, CT, New Haven Metro, Connecticut

• Dodd Presses Mortgage Relief

  Monday Jun 30 | via Hartford Courant 

  Sen. Christopher J. Dodd brought his message of urgency for passing federal mortgage relief back to his home state Monday - on the front lawn of a Spring Street homeowner whose mortgage is in foreclosure. 3 comments

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

National Headlines

• 15.JUN.08 Moratorium Now Coalition to stop

  6 min ago | via The Michigan Citizen 

  Official town hall meeting to demand passage of SB 1206, which will stop all foreclosures in Mmichigan for two years Saturday, June 14, 2-4 pm, UAW Local 7 2600 Conner Avenue, Detroit At the Town Hall Meeting ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Detroit Metro, Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI

• 18.MAY.08 'Improve your neighborhood'

  8 min ago | via The Michigan Citizen 

  Black Family Development Neighborhood Resource Fair Detroit residents will have the opportunity to learn how to form block clubs, prevent home foreclosure, obtain information on criminal record expungement and ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Detroit Metro, Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI, Wayne County, MI

• Trend toward specializations, relationships with clients

  9 min ago | via The Business Ledger 

  Trend toward specializations, relationships with clients As a result of the nation's economic climate, the legal profession is in a state of flux and experts agree that strengthening relationships with clients ...

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• Washington Report: Nationwide Registration?

  10 min ago | via Realty Times 

  With the Senate poised to pass major housing legislation this week -- even as early as tomorrow -- critics are taking a harder look at some of the bill's lesser-known provisions.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Realty Viewpoint: Discount Broker Leaves Sellers Stranded

  10 min ago | via Realty Times 

  Rumors were flying last week that Iggy's House, a discount broker, is out of business.

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  Related Topix: Burleson, TX, Real Estate