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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

• Hospital board in Sarasota will keep tax rate flat

  Yesterday | via HeraldTribune.com 

  Sarasota Memorial Hospital plans to leave its tax rate unchanged next year, which will save taxpayers money but cost it nearly $10 million in revenues.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Sarasota, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Financial Markets

• 1. In Sarasota and Manatee, housing uptick stirs hope

  Saturday Jul 12 | via HeraldTribune.com 

  Published Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 6:29 a.m. New home building has rebounded slightly in Manatee and Sarasota counties over the past few months, but Charlotte ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Punta Gorda Metro, Punta Gorda, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Foreclosures

• Property Taxes Holding Up Better Than Housing

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via SmartMoney 

  Homeowners in various parts of the country are up in arms over the amount of property taxes on houses that have plummeted in value.

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  Related Topix: Logan County, OH, Housing, Real Estate

• Saturday, July 19th

  Saturday Jul 5 | via Oldies108.com 

  Saturday, July 19th 10am-4pm. Enjoy one free admission with one paid admission. Stroll the boardwalk and explore any or all of our other with plenty benches to rest along the way.

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  Related Topix: Sarasota Metro, Sarasota, FL, Real Estate, Sarasota County, FL, Events

• Biz briefs: Home Builders nails down new VP

  Friday Jul 4 | via HeraldTribune.com 

  Published Friday, July 4, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Friday, July 4, 2008 at 5:29 a.m. SARASOTA COUNTY Note to readers... Because the stock markets are closed today for the Fourth of July, there will be no ...

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  Related Topix: Sarasota County, FL, Sarasota Metro, Bradenton, FL, Home, Mortgage

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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  Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• 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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  Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Thursday, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Florida, Florida Government

National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  3 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

  3 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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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• Housing bill clears hurdle, vote seen Saturday

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

• Supervisors will make decision on SPARC funds

  4 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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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Durables orders, Freddie Mac provide firm view

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