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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

• More people, not enough jobs, housing prices through the roof, Marist economic report says

  Friday Jun 27 | via Mid-Hudson News 

  POUGHKEEPSIE While the population of the Hudson Valley continues to grow, there are not enough jobs in the region to go around.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Poughkeepsie, NY, Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY

• From across the state

  Jun 17, 2008 | via Democrat & Chronicle 

  In East Greenbush, Stan Cipkowski, CEO of drug-test kit maker American Bio Medica, told shareholders today that the FDA's failure to grant a waiver so it could sell its kits in clinical settings and ...

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  Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Biotech, Medicine, American Bio Medica, Healthcare Industry, Kinderhook, NY, Columbia County, NY, Foreclosures

• Logjam hurts home market

  Jun 3, 2008 | via Daily Freeman 

  Columbia County has dodged the subprime mortgage debacle, but the county still faces another, persistent crisis: a serious shortage of affordable housing.

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  Related Topix: Chatham, NY, Hudson, NY, Columbia County, NY, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Evaluating real estate market can be difficult

  May 31, 2008 | via Times Union 

  Is the real estate market in Greene and Columbia counties stronger, weaker or the same as in the rest of the Capital Region? That isn't an easy question to answer.

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  Related Topix: New York, Catskill, NY, Greene County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Banking, Financial Services, Greene County Bancorp, Real Estate

• Veracity Payment Solutions Announces Strategic Alliance With Security Federal Bank

  Apr 30, 2008 | via Earth Times 

  Veracity Payment Solutions, a full-service electronic payments provider, announced today a strategic alliance with Security Federal Bank .

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

Regional Headlines

• Fitch Rates $100MM San Diego County (CA) Ser 2008B 'AA/F1+'

  20 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  The long-term 'AA' rating reflects the county's very low debt burden, sound financial operations, and very strong and effective financial and debt policies, as well as concern over the economic and financial ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Financial Markets, New York

• NYC jury convicts former Haitian paramilitary leader in scheme to cheat mortgage lenders

  21 hrs ago | via Newsday.com 

  A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel "Toto" Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• Irwin shares soar after loan sale

  Yesterday | via IBJ.COM 

  Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. shares rose 25 percent this morning, in the first trading session since the company announced late yesterday that it was scaling back its exposure to the battered mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: New York, Irwin Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• N.Y. jury convicts ex-Haitian strongman of fraud

  Yesterday | via Buffalo News 

  A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  Yesterday | via Lansing State Journal 

  NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  2 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun 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 News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via KESQ 

  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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  3 min ago | via MassLive.com 

  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, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Downtown Sacramento Real Estate Market Report

  7 min ago | via Sacramento Real Estate Blog 

  Real estate in Downtown Sacramento continued to command top dollar in May, with sold price per square foot running more than twice as high as the county-wide average, though this year's crop of homes was much ...

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  Related Topix: Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro, Foreclosures, Events

• 15-Year Mortgage or a 30-Year Mortgage?

  8 min ago | via About.com 

  The traditional 30-year mortgage has become the standard method of borrowing for most people, but the 15-year mortgage is still a viable solution for many people.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage