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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Thursday Jun 19 | 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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Local Headlines

• On the Move

  May 3, 2008 | via IndyStar.com 

  New post: Reverse mortgage specialist at Fifth Third Bank. Previous position: Reverse mortgage specialist at Wells Fargo Home.

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  Related Topix: Central, IN, Home, Mortgage, Muncie, IN, Lafayette, IN

• Bridgeway Apartment residents losing HUD funds

  Apr 17, 2008 | via WLFI-TV West Lafayette 

  More than one hundred people are going to be relocated from the Bridgeway Apartment complex on Greenbush Street in Lafayette. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Lafayette, IN, Foreclosures

• Clinton, Obama mostly the same on policy

  Apr 11, 2008 | via KansasCity.com 

  Democrats just can't decide whether Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a better presidential nominee, and there's some good reason for that.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Tour gives buyers glimpse of repos

  Mar 31, 2008 | via The Indianapolis Star 

  LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A three-hour bus tour offers potential investors and home buyers a chance to see many foreclosed properties in a short time.

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  Related Topix: Lafayette, IN, Lafayette Metro, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Community banks fairly optimistic on mortgages

  Feb 24, 2008 | via Home News Tribune 

  Smaller banks nationwide were 'mildly optimistic' a few months ago about increasing mortgage lending this year because they have largely avoided the high-risk loan business, a survey released Thursday shows.

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  Related Topix: Worcester, MA Metro, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Recovery takes long-term approach

  Friday | via The Tribune 

  It's been six weeks since floodwaters inundated Jackson County and much of central and southern Indiana, leaving behind a path of costly destruction and scores of homeless residents.

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  Related Topix: Bartholomew County, IN, Seymour, IN, Indiana, Home, Mortgage

• Group may go to court to halt foreclosure sales

  Monday Jul 14 | via WNDU-TV South Bend 

  A national housing activist group is threatening legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana

• Dow wobbles but regains feet

  Friday Jul 11 | via IndyStar.com 

  Fears that the nation could slip into recession and drag down Indiana stirred on Friday after oil prices soared on war worries and a key stock market index reeled over concerns about mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana

• Central Indiana home sales remain weak in June

  Friday Jul 11 | via The Indianapolis Star 

  Home sales in the Indianapolis area remained weak in June, falling almost 20 percent over the same month a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, Housing, Central, IN, Real Estate, Hendricks County, IN

• Many Indiana mortgage brokers face license loss

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune 

  More than two-thirds of Indiana's mortgage brokerage companies could lose their licenses under a new state law - causing headaches for some potential homebuyers.

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  Related Topix: Indiana, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Jeffersonville, IN

National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  3 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  4 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• One year of the global financial crisis

  4 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  7 min ago | via Portland Tribune 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  7 min ago | via The Post-Star 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Home Listing, 2008 Presidential Election