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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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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• Rate of Denver-area foreclosures slows

  Monday Jul 7 | via Rocky Mountain News 

  By John Rebchook , Rocky Mountain News Originally published 06:54 p.m., July 7, 2008 Updated 07:04 p.m., July 7, 2008 Finally, some good news on foreclosures: Filings in the seven-county Denver area in the ...

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  Related Topix: Broomfield, CO, Adams County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Home, Mortgage, Denver Metro

• More action, less blame from leaders could ease our economic pain

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Detroit Free Press 

  Not to sound panicky or anything, but ... With General Motors stock sinking below $10 today to a 54-year low, a share of Ford Motor stock barely worth a gallon of gas, my home unsellable at virtually any price ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Michigan, George Bush, Autos

• Economist's forecast sees Denver housing turnaround

  Jan 20, 2008 | via Denver Real Estate Blog 

  The only thing that is holding back the Denver-area housing market is "irrational pessimism" from prospective buyers.

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  Related Topix: Jefferson County, CO, Lakewood, CO, Denver Metro, Denver Metro, Home Buying, Home, Foreclosures

• Why Cash Flow Is Crucial: Lessons from Construction

  Feb 1, 2008 | via AllBusiness.com 

  HAVE YOU HEARD THE RUMOR ABOUT the builder who can't pay his trades, suppliers, or make payroll and isn't selling any houses? What about stories in your local business journal about foreclosures on projects and ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing

• Market Conditions: Golden and Littleton, Colorado

  May 29, 2008 | via Realty Times 

  Market expert Joan Shaffer reports that for some parts of Golden and Littleton, Colorado, there is some good news as reported by the Rocky Mountain News.

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  Related Topix: Littleton, CO, Housing, Denver Metro, Denver Metro

Regional Headlines

• Officials mull aid to help people pay their utility bills

  Wednesday | via Rocky Mountain News 

  Cherise Smith, with daughter, Desiree, 8, by her side, is facing a power shut-off. Gov.

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  Related Topix: Colorado Springs (University of Colorado System), University of Colorado System, Foreclosures, Colorado, Colorado Government, Xcel Energy, Energy, Denver (University of Colorado System)

• Grand Junction economy shows symptoms of national slump

  Monday Jul 14 | via Grand Junction Free Press 

  An economic malaise that has spread throughout the country and rekindled fears of a recession seems to have been unable to penetrate the region's Teflon-like safety barrier provided by the oil and natural gas ...

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Government, Real Estate

• Colorado Enacts Mortgage Licensing Regulations

  Jul 13, 2006 | via The Mortgages Weblog 

  Colorado becomes the 49th state in the U.S. to enact licensing or registrations of mortgage brokers, leaving Alaska as the last state lacking regulation on the mortgage industry.

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Morgan County Board of Realtors ready for awards

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Fort Morgan Times 

  The Morgan County Board of Realtors is getting ready to elect new officers and give out awards at its annual banquet - ' and can use nominations.

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Real Estate

• US home sales fall again in May

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via BBC 

  The number of homes sold in the US fell more than expected in May, down 14% compared with the same month last year.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Mortgage, Home, Colorado

National Headlines

• Robert Shiller on Bubble Thinking

  13 min ago | via Bubble Meter 

  Many culprits have been fingered for the housing crisis we're in today: unscrupulous mortgage lenders, dishonest borrowers, underregulated financial institutions.

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  Related Topix: UC San Francisco, University of California System, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• House prices 'will keep falling'

  18 min ago | via BBC 

  House prices in the UK and the US are likely to fall for another two years, the chairman of one of the world's most powerful banks has warned.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Failures of big banks fan fears of Staten Islanders

  22 min ago | via Pennlive.com 

  Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, D.C. The collapse of a major national bank and growing talk of government bailouts of other financial institutions on the brink have Staten Islanders wondering if their ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Deposit, NY

• Suburbs, A Dream Too Real To Live?

  22 min ago | via The Ledger 

  Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 7:20 a.m. As the housing market implodes and financial institutions struggle, a difficult but necessary societal ...

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  Related Topix: Medicine, Alcoholism, Health, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Another sign

  22 min ago | via Brains and Eggs 

  "A taxpayer voting Barack Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders." A number of drivers on Twin City Highway Thursday might have seen this message on the sign in front of Bob Costilow Realtors.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, African-American, Mandeville, LA, Home, Home Selling, Home Listing