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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

• County opens list for first time homebuyers

  Wednesday | via Redwood Times 

  Thanks to a grant from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development HOME Program, the County reopened their First Time Homebuyer list July 16.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Humboldt County, CA, Home, Mortgage

• Security National Servicing announces more layoffs

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Times-Standard 

  Security National Servicing Corporation on Monday announced the layoffs of 10 employees in their Eureka headquarters and a total of 21 employees company-wide due to a slowdown in the mortgage loan servicing ... 4 comments

  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Eureka, CA

• County re-opens homebuyer program

  Friday Jul 18 | via Times-Standard 

  Thanks to a grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development HOME Program, the county this week re-opened the list for its first-time homebuyer program.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Humboldt County, CA, Home, Mortgage

• County reinstates Homebuyers program

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Eureka Reporter 

  Humboldt County announced Wednesday that it will re-open its "First Time Homebuyer" list as of July 16 as a result of a state grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development's HOME ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Humboldt County, CA, Home, Mortgage

• Rates up slightly on 30-year mortgages

  Friday Jul 11 | via San Diego Union-Tribune 

  Rates on 30-year mortgages edged up this week, while rates on other home loans were a mixed bag.

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  Related Topix: Humboldt County, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, University of California System

Regional Headlines

• Merced Sun-Star: Governor takes bold action

  6 hrs ago | via Los Banos Enterprise 

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to have taken a bold step in finding a solution to one segment of the state's housing crisis.

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  Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, California, California Government, Home, Mortgage

• Home sales in June plunge 2.6%, a 10-year low, but West sees rise /...

  8 hrs ago | via SFGate 

  With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices fell compared with a year ago and analysts predicted prices would keep falling until next spring as tighter credit, a slipping job market and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, California

• Foreclosure Effect on Renters

  Monday Jul 14 | via Voice of San Diego 

  I've been meaning to post this stat for a while. One-quarter of all foreclosed single-family homes in the state are occupied by renters, the California Apartment Association estimates.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California Government, California

• Report: Grand jury investigating subprime lenders

  19 hrs ago | via The Record 

  A federal grand jury reportedly is investigating the nation's largest subprime mortgage lenders, Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Home, Mortgage, California

• Don't Let Them Slash Your Credit-Card Limits

  22 hrs ago | via WTVF Nashville 

  As big banks such as Wachovia, Citigroup and Bank of America continue to post multimillion-dollar writedowns to cover mortgage loan losses and other bad investments, credit-card holders are increasingly getting ...

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

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  2 min ago | via The Washington Post 

  Robert Johnson, who is building a resort in Liberia, says African Americans "have a responsibility" to support the West African nation.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  2 min ago | via WAOW-TV Wausau 

  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

• Housing construction continues slump in St. Louis

  3 min ago | via STLtoday 

  Sales of new houses nationwide fell in June, prolonging a deep slump and other data show the St.

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• Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part One

  3 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic 

  A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Human Services provides various assistances services

  3 min ago | via Mason Valley News 

  The Lyon County Human Services Department offers a wide variety of programs and services to families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and shelter.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Home, Mortgage, Fernley, NV, Silver Springs, NV, Yerington, NV