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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

Local Headlines

• Producer's Debt Overload

  3 hrs ago | via New York Post 

  ITALY used to be beautiful, sunny, friendly, delicious. Today it is... more > REVIEW THE CONSERVATIVE REPLY 'WE THOUGHT she [Hillary Clinton] would be a steadier hand as... more > DEBT OVERLOAD July 25, 2008 -- ...

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  Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US News, US Politics, Miami Dade County, FL, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• The Repo Man Is Coming For Scott Storch

  3 hrs ago | via Celebrity Mound 

  A MIAMI bank has moved to foreclose on hip-hop producer Scott Storch's $10 million manse, reports the Palm Beach Post, which obtained records from Miami-Dade County.

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• 'Hip-Hop's Liberace' Storch tumbles into foreclosure

  Wednesday | via Palm Beach Post 

  Better days: Scott Storch hits the red carpet with one of his divas, Paris Hilton.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Miami Dade County, FL, Pop/Rock, Hot Chicks, Christina Aguilera, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• US Attorney - Miami-Dade Mortgage Fraud Task Force Announces Arrests...

  Friday Jul 18 | via LawFuel.com 

  Legal Announcement Service - Attorney General Bill McCollum today joined members of the Mortgage Fraud Task Force in Miami-Dade County in announcing the arrests of 14 members of a criminal mortgage fraud ...

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  Related Topix: Miami Dade County, FL, US Secret Service, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• If I were a poor man

  Thursday Jul 17 | via New Statesman 

  One result of the mayhem engulfing the US economy is unlikely: there has been an abrupt drop in the number of divorces The American economy is on the brink of recession.

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  Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Bear Stearns, Investment Services, Foreclosures, Miami Dade County, FL, Broward County, FL

Regional Headlines

• Homes sell; prices plunge in Lee County

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Lee County real estate agents sold slightly more homes in the first half of this year than a year ago - but the future's uncertain for the rest of the year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Cape Coral, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL, Florida

• Instant Editorial: Take action to protect home buyers

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  It's easy to jump the gun and call for heads to roll when a scandal erupts, but when years pass by and officials continue snubbing the law, it's past time to act.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Florida, Florida Government, Opinion

• Criminals were allowed to sell home loans in Florida, state official admits

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  MIAMI - The head of a state agency that allowed thousands of criminals to sell home loans in Florida has acknowledged that his office did not follow a screening law, but blamed legislators for failing to ...

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• RealtyTrac: Florida is No. 2 in Q2 foreclosure filings

  Monday Jul 21 | via Orlando Business Journal 

  The Sunshine State saw a 25 percent increase in foreclosure filings in the second quarter when compared with the first, according to RealtyTrac 's quarterly report.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Bradenton, FL, Miami Metro, Sarasota Metro, Tampa Metro

• Protesters call for loan regulator to quit

  2 hrs ago | via MiamiHerald.com 

  Waving placards and belting out full-throated chants, a community activist group marched into the Office of Financial Regulation's Miami office Thursday with a message for the state agency's chief: Resign.

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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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