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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

• Existing-home sales inch ahead in Orlando area

  8 hrs ago | via The Orlando Sentinel 

  Metropolitan Orlando's existing-home sales rose 3 percent in June from a year ago to 1,641 properties -- about four times as many single-family homes as were sold in Metro Miami and nearly three times as many ... 25 comments

  Related Topix: Seminole, FL, Tampa Metro, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Home, Home Selling, Housing

• Palm Beach County home prices, sales fall again: County housing prices drop 12 percent

  9 hrs ago | via Customer Interaction Solutions 

  Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 24--Price cuts still ruled in June as South Florida's housing slump trudged into its 30th month.

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  Related Topix: Jupiter, FL, Palm Beach, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Real Estate

• Bank Accuses Lutz Analyst Of Defamation

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Tampa Bay Online 

  Last week, Lutz-based banking analyst Richard Bove was in hot demand by media outlets eager to know how safe the nation's banks really are.

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  Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale, FL, Broward County, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Miami Metro

• Bank analyst Bove sued over report

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Post Chronicle 

  Richard Bove, a prominent U.S. banking analyst, was sued on Monday by BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc, which accused him of defamation and negligence over a recently published research report, the bank said.

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  Related Topix: Broward County, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro

• Oversight

  Monday Jul 21 | via Daily Business Review 

  In addition to Don Saxon's resignation, Florida CFO Alex Sink is also calling for an executive order to stop issuing and renewing mortgage broker licenses to convicted felons.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Instant Editorial: Take action to protect home buyers

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  It's easy to jump the gun and call for heads to roll when a scandal erupts, but when years pass by and officials continue snubbing the law, it's past time to act.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Florida, Florida Government, Opinion

• Criminals were allowed to sell home loans in Florida, state official admits

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  MIAMI - The head of a state agency that allowed thousands of criminals to sell home loans in Florida has acknowledged that his office did not follow a screening law, but blamed legislators for failing to ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Homes sell; prices plunge in Lee County

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Lee County real estate agents sold slightly more homes in the first half of this year than a year ago - but the future's uncertain for the rest of the year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Cape Coral, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL, Florida

• RealtyTrac: Florida is No. 2 in Q2 foreclosure filings

  Monday Jul 21 | via Orlando Business Journal 

  The Sunshine State saw a 25 percent increase in foreclosure filings in the second quarter when compared with the first, according to RealtyTrac 's quarterly report.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Bradenton, FL, Miami Metro, Sarasota Metro, Tampa Metro

• Protesters call for loan regulator to quit

  2 hrs ago | via MiamiHerald.com 

  Waving placards and belting out full-throated chants, a community activist group marched into the Office of Financial Regulation's Miami office Thursday with a message for the state agency's chief: Resign.

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  Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Thursday, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Florida, Florida Government

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

  2 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

  2 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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• Human Services provides various assistances services

  2 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