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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

• Myths and truths about foreclosure

  Friday Jul 11 | via Newsday.com 

  Few real estate terms carry as much negative and emotional baggage as "foreclosure" - a word that inevitably signals some family's financial distress that has resulted in an eviction or abandonment of their ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Suffolk County, NY

• FHA Mortgage Focus Fuels Lend America's Rise

  Monday Jun 30 | via Housing Wire 

  The changing landscape in mortgage banking is propelling fast-growth for lenders that specialize in originating mortgages endorsed by the Federal Housing Administration ; Melville, New York-based Lend America ...

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  Related Topix: Melville, NY, Biotech, Amersham, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Suffolk County, NY

• There kitty: June is Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month

  Thursday Jun 26 | via AMNY 

  American Humane has christened June Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. But as we all know - cliche alert - any month is the ideal one for giving a home to a stray or unwanted kitty.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Selden, NY, Commack, NY, Entertainment

• Paterson, Senate Near Deal on Foreclosures

  Jun 17, 2008 | via New York Sun 

  Over vehement opposition from the banking and mortgage lending industries, Governor Paterson and legislative leaders are moving closer to an agreement on legislation that will make foreclosing on homes more ...

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

• Hundreds of Long Island Homeowners Seek Foreclosure Relief

  Thursday Jun 19 | via Three Village Times 

  More than 300 Long Island homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure had their loans reviewed by bank and mortgage servicing company representatives last Saturday, during a forum hosted by Senator Craig M. ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Opinion

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

• Buffalo area tops for job growth

  Friday | via Buffalo News 

  Where was the New York State metro area with the hottest job growth in June? Would you believe Buffalo Niagara? While the region's job market was more tepid than scorching hot, the area still managed to add ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, New York, State University of New York System, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro, Buffalo (State University of New York System), Allegany County, NY

• Politics is Everyone's Business

  Friday | via Rome Observer 

  The empire strikes back Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is flanked by Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous, R-52 Binghamton and Senator Joseph Griffo, R-47. Griffo invited his fellow Republicans to tour the ...

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  Related Topix: State University of New York System, Binghamton (State University of New York System), Home, Mortgage, New York, Oneida County, NY, Madison County, NY

• Your News Dissector Goes To Washington: NACA Helping Home Owners Big Time

  Friday | via News Dissector's Weblog 

  I arrived in our super hot Capital City to attend NACA's anti-foreclosure event at the Capital Hilton.

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  Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, World News, Ethiopia, Africa, New York, Foreclosures

• Economic role reversal

  Thursday | via The Telegraph 

  German broker Dirk Mueller at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Washington, July 17: The global slowdown stemming in part from the deepening US financial crisis is hitting the world's richest nations the hardest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, New York, York (Pennsylvania State University System)

National Headlines

• Democratic challenger trails Biggert in funds

  6 min ago | via Lincoln-Way Sun 

  Democrat Scott Harper pushed his second-quarter fundraising above that of his opponent Judy Biggert by loaning himself $50,000. Not counting the loan, the 46-year-old Oxford student received $228,192 in ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Illinois, Will County, IL

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  6 min ago | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US News, Housing, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Clarkstown offering new incentives to retain volunteers

  4 hrs ago | via Journal News 

  Clarkstown is offering all emergency service volunteers in the town discounted passes to the popular mini-golf course at Germonds Park.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Nanuet, NY

• Official's son got DSS broker fees, some while working for county

  4 hrs ago | via Journal News 

  MOUNT VERNON - A real estate company run by the son of city marshal and former Democratic boss Serapher Conn-Halevi collected $162,000 in private-vendor fees from the Westchester County Department of Social ...

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  Related Topix: Westchester County, NY, New York Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Governor needs to work with Pelosi to save Medi-Cal

  10 min ago | via San Jose Mercury News 

  If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to save health care coverage for poor and disabled Californians, he should get House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the phone - and soon.

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  Related Topix: Elderly, Family, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Opinion