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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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Credit cap threatens ongoing projects
Feb 1, 2008 | via Providence Business News
During 2003, the year after Maryland imposed a $30 million cap on its historic preservation tax-credit program, developers Struever Bros.
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Related Topix: Newport, RI, Home, Mortgage, Providence, RI, Providence Metro
Regional Headlines
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Friday Jul 11 | via The Providence Journal
FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS SEMINAR: The Washington Trust Company and Rhode Island Housing will host a free seminar, First-Time Homebuying Made Easy, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23 at Washington Trust's office at ...
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Related Topix: Cranston, RI, Home Buying, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Rhode Island, Foreclosures
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Low-paying jobs a drag on economy
Friday Jun 27 | via Providence Business News
The sudden jump in Rhode Island's unemployment rate to 7.2 percent in May is grim proof that the state needs to accelerate its move to a "knowledge-based economy," some business leaders said last week.
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Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Government, Providence, RI
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Bills on foreclosures await governor's approval
Jun 23, 2008 | via Providence Journal
Banks that repossess foreclosed properties in Rhode Island will have to pay the properties' tax and utility bills in a more timely fashion and post bonds for the properties' upkeep if legislation approved by ...
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Related Topix: Rhode Island, Rhode Island Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Providence, RI
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Housing recovery outlook bleak for R.I.'s
Jun 23, 2008 | via Providence Journal
Rhode Island's deteriorating job market is expected to delay its recovery from what a new study describes as the nation's worst housing downturn in a generation.
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Related Topix: Providence, RI, Rhode Island, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures
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May 14, 2008 | via The Providence Journal
Rhode Island's once-noisy condo market is barely making a peep. Sales of condominiums during the first quarter plunged 37 percent, as more units sat on the market unable to find buyers, according to data from ...
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Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Rhode Island, Real Estate
National Headlines
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Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign
5 min ago | via WCOH-AM Newnan
The 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 setting up a $300 billion ...
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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, George Bush
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Bill heads to Bush for signature
7 min ago | via Kndu.com
The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Yakima, WA
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Alexander Backs Housing Bill, Which Passes 72-13
7 min ago | via Chattanoogan.com
He said the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes the following provisions: Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, and a standard property tax deduction for taxpayers ...
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage
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8 min ago | via Crooks and Liars
Years of proxy wars with the USSR created demons that US arrogance thought could never turn and rend it.
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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro
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How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill
9 min ago | via Alabama Live
The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Alabama




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