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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Jun 19, 2008 | 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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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• Part 2 of 2: Starting over, staring at long odds again

  May 26, 2008 | via Des Moines Register 

  By REID FORGRAVE * rforgrave@dmreg.com * Photos by CHRIS GANNON * May 27, 2008 Nancy Ferguson, surrounded by bills at her desk.

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  Related Topix: Hartford, IA, Warren County, IA, Personal Finance, Photography, Arts, Mortgage

• Swift ruling urged in Heemstra case

  Mar 2, 2008 | via Indianola Record-Herald 

  By By JEFF ECKHOFF REGISTER STAFF WRITER Posted at 04:05 on 03/02/2008 The story so far 2003 * Tom Lyon, 52, dies in January from a single gunshot wound to the head near his Milo home.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Montgomery County, IA, Warren County, IA, Guthrie Center, IA, Milo, IA

• Knapp winds down a bit, but his fire is far from out

  Jan 19, 2008 | via Des Moines Register 

  Bill Knapp is not the kind of guy who retires. So I thought it odd when a friend called and said Knapp wanted to talk about stepping back.

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  Related Topix: Warren County, IA, Housing, Polk City, IA, Iowa, Dallas County, IA

Regional Headlines

• Congressional housing action could aid Iowans

  1 hr ago | via Sioux City Journal 

  A housing bill being considered in Congress could lend a hand to Iowans struggling to make mortgage payments, Sen.

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  Related Topix: US News, George Bush, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Iowa

• Winnebago Withstands Tough Economic Road

  Monday Jul 21 | via RV Business 

  Each morning, Winnebago Industries Inc. Chairman Bob Olson reviews key company, motorhome industry and U.S. economic statistics with his top managers.

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• Leach proves prophetic about mortgage crisis

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Des Moines Register 

  From his office at Harvard, Jim Leach walked me through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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• East-side residents fight mortgage crisis

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Http 

  Overgrown lawns, broken windows and tell-tale lock boxes are becoming more common sights in east Des Moines, where the number of vacated homes continues to increase as part of the nationwide mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Iowa, Foreclosures

• Mortgage lending and housing market changes in Iowa

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via KWWL-TV Waterloo 

  For buyers and sellers, national economic and housing trends still apply in Iowa, just on a smaller scale.

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National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  5 min ago | via KTVN Reno 

  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

• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  5 min ago | via KCCI 

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

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• Housing bill clears hurdle, vote seen Saturday

  5 min ago | via Reuters 

  The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to limit debate on a bill aimed at shoring up both the housing market and mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, paving the way for a final vote expected on ...

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• Supervisors will make decision on SPARC funds

  6 min ago | via Southwest Times 

  The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will decide Monday night whether to accept an agreement for $1 million in funding to cover another year of low-interest loans for first-time home buyers.

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• Durables orders, Freddie Mac provide firm view

  7 min ago | via Reuters 

  New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose unexpectedly in June on a surge in defense orders, while a gauge of business investment was also higher than forecast in signs of economic resilience, a ...

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