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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

• Settles lawsuit

  Jun 18, 2008 | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  A California corporation and a Fayette County businessman have settled a $377,379 civil lawsuit.

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  Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fayette County, PA, Foreclosures

• Belle Vernon targets downspout problem

  Jun 10, 2008 | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  Borough council will mail letters to all homeowners urging them to disconnect their downspouts as part of the stormwater and wastewater system separation project.

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  Related Topix: Weather, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Belle Vernon, PA, Uniontown, PA

• Work to begin on shopping center

  Jun 5, 2008 | via Herald-Standard 

  A groundbreaking for the third phase of the Fayette Crossing development at the Fayette County Business Park is slated for this summer, according to the executive director of the Fayette County Redevelopment ...

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  Related Topix: Penn, PA, Fayette County, PA, Home, Mortgage

• Fayette County arson suspect unaware little left over for pay

  Apr 11, 2008 | via Connellsville and Fayette County News 

  A Fayette County man who told police his boss offered him $50,000 in insurance proceeds to set his workplace on fire testified Thursday he was unaware the policies would have netted little more than enough to ...

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  Related Topix: Connellsville, PA, Fayette County, PA, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Civil suit targets North Union businessman

  Apr 1, 2008 | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  A California corporation has filed a federal civil lawsuit seeking to recover $377,379 from a Fayette County businessman.

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  Related Topix: Fayette County, PA, Uniontown, PA, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  19 hrs ago | via Luminary 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Regional economy shows improvement

  Wednesday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania, Home Listing, Home

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via Morris Daily Herald 

  Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.

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

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via WWLP 

  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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  3 min ago | via X101.5 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• U.S. Congress approves massive housing bill

  3 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

• Provisions of housing-mortgage relief bill

  4 min ago | via Buffalo News 

  The housing bill that Congress passed Saturday and sent to President Bush would: -Give the Federal Housing Administration $300 billion in new lending authority and relax standards to provide affordable, ...

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