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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

• Home sales slow, but prices remain stable in town

  Jun 19, 2008 | via The Brattleboro Reformer 

  Sales for homes in Windham County may be down, but the value of those homes is not dropping, said Brattleboro's lister.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Windham County, VT, Brattleboro, VT, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Local real estate bucks national trend

  Mar 18, 2008 | via The Brattleboro Reformer 

  Across the country, the housing market has been dissected and analyzed for signs of weakness. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Windham County, VT, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Brattleboro, VT, Mortgage

• Hard times

  Jan 23, 2008 | via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus 

  It's an overstatement, of course, but it gets to the fact that when the rest of the country is flying high, Vermont remains closer to the ground.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Vermont, Websterville, VT, Vermont Government, Opinion

• Affordable anniversary

  Jan 23, 2008 | via The Brattleboro Reformer 

  In the last 20 years, area homeowners and renters have seen some good times and some bad times.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Housing, Whitingham, VT, Windham County, VT, Brattleboro, VT, Putney, VT

Regional Headlines

• Bank leaders meet on fuel loans

  Yesterday | via Rutland Herald 

  Representatives of 16 of the 21 banks in the state met this week to talk about how to respond to requests for loans from homeowners and fuel dealers in the face of skyrocketing fuel oil costs.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Vermont, Vermont Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Bernard Sanders

• Officials say state banks remain safe

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Brattleboro Reformer 

  While the financial news has been dominated lately by home foreclosures and banking turmoil, officials in Vermont say there is no need to panic or start a new financial approach by stuffing dollars under a ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Vermont, Brattleboro, VT, Home, Mortgage

• My Turn: The real 'cost' of Rep. Kitzmiller

  Friday Jul 11 | via BurlingtonFreePress.com 

  In a recent e-mail to his constituents, Rep. Warren Kitzmiller wrote about workers' compensation insurance, 'Many in the business community were disappointed that I refused to slash benefits , but I think the ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Vermont

• Selling Fully Furnished

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Hartford Courant 

  Ralph and Catherine DeLeo have spent the past 10 years traveling around the world and, along the way, buying items to furnish their Southbury home.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Vermont, Housing

• Real Estate Market 2008

  Monday Jul 7 | via VermontGuides.com 

  "Today's market is very different from where it was 10 years ago, when clients came to brokers for the information because they couldn't get it anywhere else.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Real Estate, Vermont

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 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

  1 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

  4 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

• More paid for market town homes

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Shropshire Star 

  Home-buyers are prepared to pay more for properties in market towns to benefit from the high quality of life the towns offer, research showed today.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home