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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

Regional Headlines

• Home Prices Tumbled 4.8% in May as U.S. Banks Curbed Lending, Ofheo Says

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Bloomberg 

  U.S. home prices fell 4.8 percent in May from a year earlier as banks restricted lending after recording more than $400 billion in mortgage-related losses and writedowns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Arkansas, Housing

• Economy Forces Arkansans to Borrow From 401K Plans

  Sunday Jul 13 | via KATV Little Rock 

  For many Arkansans, these tough economic times are forcing them to take drastic economic measures.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, 401K, Arkansas, Arkansas Government

• Twin Lakes Area real estate market hangs on to value

  Friday Jul 11 | via Baxter Bulletin 

  Homes sales in Baxter and Marion counties declined in May while average prices increased.

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  Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, Hot Springs, AR, Arkansas, Housing, Real Estate

• Help for Foreclosures in Region 8

  Monday Jul 7 | via KAIT-TV Jonesboro 

  In the past two years the number of foreclosures has doubled nationwide and we're starting to see the impact here in Region 8. While there are a lot of people in Region 8 that haven't been touched by the ...

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

• Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect

  Friday Jul 4 | via Log Cabin Democrat 

  The image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot on her television screen was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind when the mother ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning them to lock the ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Reality TV, Crime TV, Entertainment, Television, Arkansas

National Headlines

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

  3 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