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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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Local Headlines

• Utah home sales down 28 percent

  25 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  The housing market along the Wasatch Front is slowing, but prices are not following the downward trend.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Davis County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT

• Utah home sales drop 28 percent in second quarter

  14 hrs ago | via KMVT Twin Falls 

  The Salt Lake Board of Realtors says home sales in the second quarter dropped 28 percent compared to the second quarter of 2007.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Salt Lake County, UT

• SL County home values up 3 percent

  Wednesday | via KSL TV 

  Mixed news in Utah Real estate: Existing home sales are on the rebound but still down from a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Home, Herriman, UT, Home Selling, Riverton, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Housing

• Utah: Home-sales numbers show bubble bursting

  Yesterday | via Deseret News 

  Home-sales numbers released Wednesday indicate that the Wasatch Front's housing bubble has truly begun to burst: 61 of 81 ZIP codes in four counties saw decreases in median home prices during the second quarter ...

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  Related Topix: Weber County, UT, Real Estate, Davis County, UT, Utah County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT

• Fannie, Freddie Rescue Could Hit $25 Billion

  Wednesday | via Black Enterprise 

  Deseret News 2008-07-23 By Julie Hirschfeld Davis Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A federal rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers $25 billion, congressional budget experts said Tuesday, as ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Utah job growth falls below 1%

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Salt Lake Tribune 

  Job losses in the residential real-estate industry continue to take their toll on Utah's economy, pushing employment growth last month below the 1 percent mark for the first time in five years.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Housing, Sundance Film Festival, Utah Government, Utah

• Utah job growth at 5-year low as construction work dips

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Salt Lake Tribune 

  Employment growth in Utah has slowed to a crawl, dipping below the 1 percent mark last month for the first time in five years.

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  Related Topix: Utah Government, Utah, Housing

• Entrepreneurial Spirit Key to Utah Valley's Success, Experts say

  Friday Jul 11 | via Utah Business 

  Slowing commercial and residential real estate markets, sluggish tourism levels and transportation troubles are some of the issues facing Utah Valley, as well as much of the state.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Brigham Young University, Utah

• Bankruptcy in Utah up 42#x25 year-to-date

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Deseret Morning News 

  He sees it every day at work: adults with a bankruptcy in their past needing to re-establish their credit to make a major purchase.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Credit Card Debt, Utah Government, Utah

• Utah foreclosures up 141#x25

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Deseret Morning News 

  The number of Utah homeowners who received a foreclosure filing in June jumped nearly 141 percent, compared with the same month last year, according to a report released Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Provo, UT, Orem, UT, Utah County, UT, Utah, Sundance Film Festival, Foreclosures

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  1 min ago | via The Washington Post 

  Robert Johnson, who is building a resort in Liberia, says African Americans "have a responsibility" to support the West African nation.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  1 min ago | via WAOW-TV Wausau 

  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

• Housing construction continues slump in St. Louis

  1 min ago | via STLtoday 

  Sales of new houses nationwide fell in June, prolonging a deep slump and other data show the St.

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• Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part One

  1 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic 

  A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Human Services provides various assistances services

  1 min ago | via Mason Valley News 

  The Lyon County Human Services Department offers a wide variety of programs and services to families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and shelter.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Home, Mortgage, Fernley, NV, Silver Springs, NV, Yerington, NV