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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

• Crain's: Macom Corp. facing foreclosure suit

  Yesterday | via Plainfield Sun 

  Naperville-based home builder Macom Corp. is facing a foreclosure lawsuit on a proposed development site in Kendall County, according to a published report.

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  Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Kendall County, IL, Foreclosures

• Woman indicted in fraud case

  Yesterday | via Plainfield Sun 

  A DuPage County grand jury returned a seven count indictment of fraud and forgery charges against a young woman for her business practices as a mortgage broker.

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  Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lisle, IL

• Challenges to DuPage economy not readily apparent, group says

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Business Ledger 

  Challenges to the DuPage County economy are not readily apparent, according to Roger Hopkins, president and CEO of Choose DuPage, initially known as DuPage Biz.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Dupage County, IL

• Woman indicted in mortgage fraud case

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Herald News 

  A DuPage County grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment of fraud and forgery against a Yorkville woman for her business practices as a mortgage broker.

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  Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lisle, IL

• Illinois job losses mount in June

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Daily Herald 

  Jayne Huseman of Naperville got a job just after earning her civil engineering degree and soon was promoted to construction project manager at a site-development firm.

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  Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Obama to NYT: - A Week of Great Press' but - We Don't BUY Our Own Hype'

  48 min ago | via TheBlueSheet 

  In an interview with the New York Times' excellent Jeff Zeleny , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he's not "measuring the drapes" for the Oval Office, and that "we don't buy our own hype." He discussed the risks ...

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  Related Topix: Publishing, New York Times, Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, US Politics, John McCain, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Blago Calls On Bush To Sign Housing Package

  2 hrs ago | via Cbs2chicago.com 

  Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to quickly sign the Housing and Economic Stimulus Package which will provide more than $500 million in federal aid to support tax ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June

  8 hrs ago | via Courier News 

  Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Illinois, Real Estate

• Nevada Leads Foreclosure Tally in 2Q

  20 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice during the second quarter, an increase of 121 percent compared with the same quarter in 2007, according to RealtyTrac, which monitors foreclosure ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Illinois

• Roskam votes against blank check for Bush Administration

  Yesterday | via Illinoisreview 

  Roskam broke ranks with the Bush Administration yesterday on the mortgage bill, citing lack of oversight and resulting increased federal spending as his main complaints.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government

National Headlines

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  5 min ago | via WCOH-AM Newnan 

  The Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and setting up a $300 billion ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, George Bush

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  7 min ago | via Kndu.com 

  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, Yakima, WA

• Alexander Backs Housing Bill, Which Passes 72-13

  7 min ago | via Chattanoogan.com 

  He said the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes the following provisions: Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, and a standard property tax deduction for taxpayers ...

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

• Mike's Blog Roundup

  8 min ago | via Crooks and Liars 

  Years of proxy wars with the USSR created demons that US arrogance thought could never turn and rend it.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  9 min ago | via Alabama Live 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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