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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

• House Winner Fails To Find Buyer

  Thursday Jul 17 | via WJZ Baltimore, Maryland News Weather 

  There's little relief for those trying to sell homes in our current economy. Kelly McPherson reports, selling a house is getting tougher even if you won the house for a hundred dollar charity raffle.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Hagerstown, MD, Home Listing, Big Pool, MD, Washington County, MD, Baltimore County, MD

• The sting - Taxes rise as home values tank

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Herald-Mail 

  More than 56,000 Washington County residents received their property tax bills in the mail last week.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Foreclosures, Housing, Washington County, MD

• Lawn rangers on patrol in Washington County

  May 28, 2008 | via Herald-Mail 

  In a neighborhood of manicured lawns and well-kept gardens, 521 Beaver Creek Road stood out.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Washington County, MD, Hagerstown, MD

• Weeds are sign of foreclosures in Washington Co.

  May 28, 2008 | via WTOP-FM Washington 

  Washington County officials say they are struggling to keep up with complaints about overgrown, vacated properties.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• MARYLAND: Foreclosures draw lawn complaints

  May 28, 2008 | via The Daily Times 

  HAGERSTOWN -- Washington County officials say they are struggling to keep up with complaints about overgrown, vacated properties.

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  Related Topix: Hagerstown, MD, Hagerstown Metro, Washington County, MD, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Wednesday | via WTOP 

  Frederick County might step in to help alleviate the housing crisis. Next week, the Frederick County Commissioners plan to discuss a new law to prevent overgrown lawns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Maryland

• Foreclosure rules take effect Wednesday

  Tuesday | via Daily Record 

  New foreclosure-procedure rules go into effect Wednesday that require lenders to provide direct notice to delinquent homeowners before taking possession of and selling their homes.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures

• Foreclosure in court

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Maryland's highest court will convene today for a hearing on changes to foreclosure rules that would conform with new legislation that gives homeowners more notification and a longer waiting period before their ... 11 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• The Daily Dose: Monday

  Monday Jul 21 | via SNL Financial 

  Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust, announced that the company's total amount distributable for the quarter was S$22.6 million, an increase of 28.2% from S$17.7 ...

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  Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Maryland, Real Estate

• An economic prescription

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Reading recent headlines, it might be easy to conclude that the economy is in a death spiral. 21 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Weather, Housing, Opinion

National Headlines

• Washington Mutual Bond Risk Rises as Credit-Default Swaps Climb to Record

  4 min ago | via Bloomberg Business News 

  The cost to protect Washington Mutual Inc. bonds from default rose for a third day to a record amid concern that the biggest U.S. savings and loan won't be able to weather the worst housing crisis since the ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Stamford, CT, Stamford Metro, New Haven Metro, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage

• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  4 min ago | via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Housing, Foreclosures

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  4 min ago | via WAND-TV Decatur 

  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

• Michigan ranks 7th in foreclosures

  6 min ago | via MLive.com 

  Michigan ranked seventh in the country in foreclosures during the second quarter of this year, according to data released July 25 by RealtyTrac.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro

• More people are out of work than expected this month

  7 min ago | via WBIR-TV Knoxville 

  A domino effect on Wall Street. A down day triggered by dismal earnings posted by Ford, a steep drop in existing home sales, and a spike in jobless claims.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Housing, Ford, Mortgage