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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

• Home sellers try different tactics to lure buyers

  22 hrs ago | via Grand Rapids Press 

  Home construction continued its steep decline in West Michigan during the second quarter, although a few builders say there are signs of renewed activity.

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  Related Topix: Ada, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Housing, Kent County, MI

• West Michigan home sellers try different tactics to lure buyers

  Yesterday | via Ann Arbor News 

  Redstone Group Sales Consultant Jennifer Krzykwa, center, talks with Ellen and Richard Erdmann, of Grandville, on Wednesday at a wine and art open house at Aberdeen Ridge Condominiums.

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  Related Topix: Grandville, MI, Home Building, Home, Ada, MI, Housing, Michigan, Ottawa County, MI

• Our View - Don't let vacant homes infect neighborhoods

  Jun 5, 2008 | via Holland Sentinel 

  The foreclosure crisis has exacted a heavy toll in this area. A total of 850 properties went into foreclosure in Ottawa County in 2007, with 384 of them in the Holland-Zeeland area.

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  Related Topix: Ottawa County, MI, Zeeland, MI, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Holland, MI, Opinion

• Utility scam leaves struggling mother searching for answers

  Apr 26, 2008 | via MLive.com 

  Connie Wilder was getting used to turnarounds in her life. It hadn't. Courtesy photo Connie Wilder signed up with a company that promised to keep her gas bill down.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Ottawa County, MI, Muskegon, MI

• Foreclosures take toll on pets

  Apr 4, 2008 | via Grand Haven Tribune 

  BY PETER DAINING pdaining@grandhaventribune.com Homeowners aren't the only victims of the slumping economy and high number of foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: West Olive, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Foreclosures, Grand Rapids Metro, Muskegon, MI, Grand Haven, MI

Regional Headlines

• Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed

  5 hrs ago | via MSN Money 

  Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Black and Decker, Appliances, Household Products, Housing, Legg Mason, Financial Services, Investment Services, Coventry Health Care

• Existing home sales fall 2.6% in June

  15 hrs ago | via Detroit Free Press 

  Home sales continued to decline nationwide in June and inventories rose, the National Association of Realtors reported this morning.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Real Estate, Housing, Home Listing, Michigan

• Suite Talk July 24, 2008

  Yesterday | via Washington Examiner 

  Jonathan L. Kempner, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, is stepping down at the end of the year.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Mortgage, Personal Finance, George Washington University

• Business news briefs

  Yesterday | via Clinton County News 

  Independent Bank Corp. swung to a profit during the second quarter. The bank, which has a regional office in East Lansing, reported Wednesday it earned $3.35 million, or 15 cents per share, for the three-month ...

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Independent Bank, Home, Mortgage, Michigan

• Housing Crisis Help for MI

  Yesterday | via WLNS-TV Lansing 

  A major housing rescue plan that had previously been under a presidential veto threat gets President Bush's stamp of approval and the new law could have a big impact in Mid-Michigan. As Lauren Thompson reports, ...

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

National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  4 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

  4 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

  4 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

  5 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

  6 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