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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

• The failure of free trade

  Monday Jul 14 | via The Age 

  The economic orthodoxy of today will not help deal with the panic that is becoming the staple of 2008.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ben Bernanke, New Deal, TX, Opinion

• Capitalism's Reality Check

  Thursday Jul 10 | via The Washington Post 

  By E. J. Dionne Jr. Friday, July 11, 2008; Page A17 The biggest political story of 2008 is getting little coverage.

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  Related Topix: US News, Ben Bernanke, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, New Deal, TX

• Property tax woes in Valley discussed

  Jun 24, 2008 | via MySA.com 

  Jorge Tello was unpleasantly surprised when he got a letter saying the value of his small piece of land in San Juan had gone from nearly $12,000 to nearly $18,000 - a jump of about 50 percent on what he'll be ...

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  Related Topix: Lubbock County, TX, Harris County, TX, Real Estate, Home, Mortgage

• Lubbock Realtors Back In Class To Help Home Owners Avoid Foreclosure

  Jun 11, 2008 | via KCBD-TV Lubbock 

  Posted: The growing foreclosure problem nationwide is also being felt in the Hub City.

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  Related Topix: Lubbock County, TX, Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Metro, Foreclosures, Real Estate

• McCain's Econ Advisor: Sorcerer's Apprentice of Instability and Disaster

  May 27, 2008 | via The American Street 

  May 27, 2008 McCain's Econ Advisor: Sorcerer's Apprentice of Instability and Disaster It sounds like John McCain is joined at the hip to one of those Disaster Capitalists Naomi Klein warned us about in her book ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, New Deal, TX, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Central Texas home sales decreasing due to hard economic times

  18 hrs ago | via KCEN 

  Updated: Jul 25, 2008 7:07pm New home sales have hit a nationwide low dropping 33-percent since last year and Central Texas is no exception to the trend.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Foreclosures

• Forbes names Austin area No. 2 city in nation for buying a new home

  23 hrs ago | via Hill Country News 

  Texas continues to shine like the lone star it is when it comes to building new homes.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Home, Mortgage, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

• Edwards Visits ACORN

  Yesterday | via Houtopia 

  Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a very interesting roundtable discussion at ACORN's new digs in Midtown, an event headlined by former U.S. Senator, presidential, and vice presidential candidate John ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  Thursday | via Mexia Daily News 

  Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...

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  Related Topix: Mexia, TX, Home, Mortgage, Texas

• East Texas Housing Market Strong

  Wednesday | via KLTV Tyler 

  A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  2 min ago | via PhillyBurbs.com 

  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

• Congress approves housing bill

  3 min ago | via MSN Money 

  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: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Foreclosures

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via KRON 4 

  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

  4 min ago | via 97.5 FM 

  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

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  4 min ago | via 97.5 FM 

  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