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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

• Snohomish County foreclosures up 22 percent

  May 14, 2008 | via The Herald 

  Home foreclosures rose in Snohomish County during April, but the rate of homeowners losing their properties locally is still less than half the national average.

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  Related Topix: Island County, WA, Snohomish County, WA, Foreclosures

• Island leaders plead with senator for housing help

  Mar 28, 2008 | via Tacoma Daily Index 

  Between an impending credit crunch and a lack of affordable housing, homeowners and renters alike are facing uncertain futures.

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  Related Topix: Langley, WA, Housing, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Island County, WA, Home, Mortgage

• County investments are deemed safe

  Jan 30, 2008 | via Tacoma Daily Index 

  Fears sparked by recent news reports of King County's serious loss of funds from investments gone awry have flamed up on Whidbey and Camano islands.

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  Related Topix: Camano, WA, Island County, WA, Home, Mortgage

• Rental nightmares

  Dec 26, 2007 | via Tacoma Daily Index 

  Renting out one's property can be a positive experience, ultimately building equity for the owner and providing cash flow.

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  Related Topix: US Navy, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Real Estate

• Schoolhouse gets new life as lodging

  Dec 19, 2007 | via Tacoma Daily Index 

  After much ado, the San de Fuca School house has a new owner and a new life as a lodging rental.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Oak Harbor, WA

Regional Headlines

• and Whatcom Business Magazine

  Yesterday | via Bellingham Herald 

  Member Center Jul, 24, 2008 BUSINESS Wells Fargo names senior Business Banking relationship manager ` *Beta Graham Youtsey has been named senior Business Banking relationship manager at Wells Fargo.

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  Related Topix: Western Washington University, Home, Mortgage, Whatcom County, WA, Washington, Bellingham, WA

• Treasury Notes Drop on Stock Gains, Outlook for Wider U.S. Budget Deficit

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Bloomberg 

  Treasury 10-year notes fell for a second day as stocks advanced and a government rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spurred concern the budget deficit will grow.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Washington, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Real Estate Tourists Venture Out on "Foreclosure Safari"

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KIMA 

  It's a safari unlike any you've seen before-- it's in your neighborhoods. More than 40 people took a bus tour of foreclosed homes around the Tri-Cities Saturday.

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

• Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Washington, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Top Story: Plame Games Continue: Bush Claims Executive Privilege On CIA Leak

  Thursday Jul 17 | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 47 comments President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15,... President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Washington, George Bush, US News, State of the Union

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 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

  3 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

  4 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

  6 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

  6 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