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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

• PK Lake lessee writes large check as interest in purchasing properties

  Jun 16, 2008 | via Mineral Wells Insider 

  By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com POSSUM KINGDOM - When he heard Brazos River Authority directors wanted staff to research the idea of an all-inclusive leased properties sale, Michael Patterson said ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Palo Pinto County, TX

• Republic Mortgage opens Mineral Wells office

  Feb 4, 2008 | via Mineral Wells Insider 

  Republic Mortgage has begun operations in down town Mineral Wells in the Martin Office Building, 103 S. Oak Ave.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Mortgage, Palo Pinto County, TX, Mineral Wells, TX

Regional Headlines

• Central Texas home sales decreasing due to hard economic times

  17 hrs ago | via KCEN 

  Updated: Jul 25, 2008 7:07pm New home sales have hit a nationwide low dropping 33-percent since last year and Central Texas is no exception to the trend.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Foreclosures

• Forbes names Austin area No. 2 city in nation for buying a new home

  23 hrs ago | via Hill Country News 

  Texas continues to shine like the lone star it is when it comes to building new homes.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Home, Mortgage, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

• Edwards Visits ACORN

  Yesterday | via Houtopia 

  Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a very interesting roundtable discussion at ACORN's new digs in Midtown, an event headlined by former U.S. Senator, presidential, and vice presidential candidate John ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  Thursday | via Mexia Daily News 

  Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...

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  Related Topix: Mexia, TX, Home, Mortgage, Texas

• East Texas Housing Market Strong

  Wednesday | via KLTV Tyler 

  A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  2 min ago | via Abc11tv.com 

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

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

• Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Housing Bill

  2 min ago | via WRC Washington DC Channel 4 

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

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

• U.S. Congress approves massive housing bill

  2 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The bill was approved by the Senate in a 72-13 vote. It was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Home, Mortgage

• U.S. Congress approves housing bill

  5 min ago | via International Herald Tribune 

  WASHINGTON : The U.S. Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Foreclosures

• Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war

  5 min ago | via KansasCity.com 

  Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Bush, Foreclosures, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, John McCain