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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

• Family Friendly Communities

  Sunday Jul 13 | via American Dream News 

  Forbes Magazine is out with its list of most family friendly counties . As you might imagine, much of the criteria was driven by factors like education.

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  Related Topix: Hamilton County, IN, Housing

• Real estate agents look to marketing to survive weak housing market

  Jun 16, 2008 | via KansasCity.com 

  The realities of a difficult economy have set in for many area residential real estate brokers.Nearly every one of Kansas City’s largest residential real estate firms posted lower sales volume last year ...

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  Related Topix: Johnson County, KS, Leawood, KS, Marketing, Housing

• Real estate on the rebound?

  Jun 11, 2008 | via The Johnson County Sun 

  Developers, realtors, bankers optimistic about housing market By Doug Carder, dcarder@miconews.com Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:31 AM CDT A San Diego developer is offering a buy-one, get-one-free deal to move his ...

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  Related Topix: Johnson County, KS, Kansas City, MO Metro, Olathe, KS, Overland Park, KS, Real Estate, Miami County, KS

• Johnson County sure missing the bus with its third-rate system

  May 29, 2008 | via Kansas City Star 

  I was considering whether to take out a second mortgage for my next fill-up when the woman one pump over started in about the high price of gas.“Remember when it was 70 cents a gallon?” she ...

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  Related Topix: Lenexa, KS, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Johnson County, KS

• Commissioners hear report on affordable housing

  May 23, 2008 | via The Olathe News 

  A year's worth of research into affordable housing was smiled upon and accepted Thursday, but the end is nowhere in sight, commissioners decided.

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  Related Topix: Johnson County, KS, Mortgage, Home

Regional Headlines

• How they voted: Kansas roll call on housing bill

  Wednesday | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  How the Kansas delegation voted in the 272-152 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from ...

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

• AP Top Kansas News at 3:58 a.m. CDT Tuesday, ...

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Hays Daily News 

  A year after a refinery oil spill into floodwaters blanketed a third of this southeast Kansas town, little remains in the area that was damaged.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Coffeyville, KS, Kansas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Pat Roberts, Todd Tiahrt, US House of Representatives

• Obama Veep Search Turns To Dodd

  Thursday Jul 10 | via CBS 5 

  Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. 3 comments

  Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Home, Mortgage, Kansas Government, Kansas

• Announces Disaster Assistance for Kansas Storm Victims

  Thursday Jul 10 | via HUD 

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 46 storm-ravaged counties in Kansas and provide support to homeowners and low-income ...

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  Related Topix: Weather, Stafford, KS, Kansas, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Starbucks closing 600 stores nationwide

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via PittsburghLIVE.com 

  Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year, up dramatically from its previous plan for 100 closures, a sign the coffee shop operator is still feeling the pain from ...

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  Related Topix: Kansas, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 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

  5 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

  5 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

  5 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

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