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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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Local Headlines

• Middlefield Outbid For Ski Area; Deal Still Possible

  Sunday Jun 22 | via Hartford Courant 

  The town lost in the bidding to acquire the former Powder Ridge ski area Saturday, but all may not be lost. 9 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance, West Hartford, CT, New Hartford, CT, Middlefield, CT, Hartford Metro

• In NL County, Mortgages Hard To Come By Amid Continued Slump

  Jun 13, 2008 | via The Day 

  Fewer buyers in regional market as home sales, prices slide further With mortgages hard to come by, Connecticut home prices are feeling the heat.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Litchfield County, CT, Middlesex County, CT, Fairfield County, CT, Mortgage

• April Figures Show Continuing Decline In Median Home Sales Prices

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Hartford Courant 

  The decline in the median sale price of single family houses in Connecticut accelerated in April, falling by nearly 10 percent compared to April 2007, a report released Thursday showed. 13 comments

  Related Topix: Middlesex County, CT, Tolland County, CT, Fairfield County, CT, Hartford County, CT, Housing

• Keeping The House

  Feb 25, 2008 | via Hartford Courant 

  During the Great Depression, homeowners across the United States saw their property values plummet, and a wave of foreclosures swept across the nation. 16 comments

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Cromwell, CT, Middlesex County, CT, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Late bid made for Powder Ridge

  Feb 19, 2008 | via Record-Journal 

  All along, Ken Leavitt, owner of the bankrupt Powder Ridge ski area, has been saying, "It's not going to end the way everyone thinks it will." Tuesday afternoon provided some evidence that Leavitt's contention ...

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  Related Topix: West Hartford, CT, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Middlefield, CT, Hartford Metro

Regional Headlines

• Bad economy means good business for repo men

  Friday | via Thehour.com 

  BRIDGEPORTAssociated PressThis is what it looks like when a gilded age turns to brass: the boats, motor homes and expensive cars bought during the good times are turned over to the repo men in favor of paying ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, New York Government, New York, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Foreclosures

• KISS 95.7 = Connecticut's Hit Music = 860-247-9570

  Friday Jul 11 | via KISS 95.7 Hartford 

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are too big to fail and must be kept alive to avoid a crisis of "unspeakable magnitude," a former top Federal Reserve policy-maker said on Friday.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Connecticut

• Obama Seeks Info On Dodd In Vice President Search

  Friday Jul 11 | via Hartford Courant 

  Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. 86 comments

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Aspects Of Haven Healthcare Sale Trouble Creditors

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Connecticut's WB 20 

  The Haven Healthcare nursing home chain began a new era Monday, as most of its 25 homes in New England were sold to three real estate investment firms, while four Connecticut homes were placed in the hands of a ... 50 comments

  Related Topix: Glastonbury, CT, Home, Mortgage, Connecticut

• Dodd's popularity slips in Connecticut

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Newsday.com 

  If veteran Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd 's trademark jaunty smile seems a bit forced these days, it's no surprise.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Foreclosures, Barack Obama, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, 2008 Presidential Election

National Headlines

• Obama on Afghanistan...Paulson on banks...Storm update...

  12 hrs ago | via KXMB-TV Bismarck 

  Obama on Afghanistan...Paulson on banks...Storm update KABUL, Afghanistan Barack Obama says the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida. Among other things, the ...

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  Related Topix: World News, Kabol, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Asia, Home, Mortgage, Weather, Junction City, CA

• Brown pledges aid to Palestinians, calls for settlement freeze

  13 min ago | via The Daily Star 

  OCCUPIED BETHLEHEM: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday pledged new aid to the Palestinians and called for a freeze on Israeli settlement building to bolster the Middle East peace process.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Israel

• Words from the

  18 min ago | via Safehaven 

  "The end is neigh" was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac's demise was a harbinger of many more ...

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  Related Topix: Freddie Mac, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Treasury Chief Sees 'Months' of Hard Times

  22 min ago | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 2 comments 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 Treasury Secretary: Economic Fundamentals are Sound

  24 min ago | via Voice of America 

  The Bush administration says the U.S. economy will continue to experience slow growth in the months ahead, but is fundamentally sound.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Washington, DC, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance