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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Jun 19, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  The euphoria that surrounded six years of escalating home prices, record levels of home sales and rock-bottom interest rates crashed and burned in 2007, forcing many foreclosure investors to ratchet down their ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• Connecticut Home Prices See Steepest Drop In 16 Years

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Hartford Business 

  Real estate activity normally warms up with the weather, but not this spring. Connecticut housing sales and prices continued to fall in May, particularly in the eastern half of the state.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Connecticut, Hartford County, CT, Real Estate, Litchfield County, CT

• Housing's Bad Spring

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Hartford Courant 

  Spring usually gives a boost to the state's housing market. Not this year. The decline in the median sales price of single-family houses in Connecticut gained momentum in May, plunging nearly 11 percent, the ... 2 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Hartford County, CT, New Haven Metro, New Haven, CT, New Haven Metro, Connecticut

• State's Housing Prices Plunge In May

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Hartford Courant 

  The decline in the median sales price of single family houses in Connecticut gathered increased momentum in May, plunging by nearly 11 percent percent, the biggest drop since 1992 when the state was digging out ... 21 comments

  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Hartford County, CT, Litchfield County, CT

• Marshals cash in on lawsuits

  Jun 24, 2008 | via Thehour.com 

  Associated Press -- The jump in the number of foreclosures in Connecticut has proved to be a financial bonanza for some state marshals.One marshal, John T. Fiorillo of Bristol, grossed more than $2 million last ...

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• April Figures Show Continuing Decline In Median Home Sales Prices

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Hartford Courant 

  The decline in the median sale price of single family houses in Connecticut accelerated in April, falling by nearly 10 percent compared to April 2007, a report released Thursday showed. 13 comments

  Related Topix: Middlesex County, CT, Tolland County, CT, Fairfield County, CT, Hartford County, CT, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Hartford Politics: He Said, She Said in 5th District Primary

  15 hrs ago | via Ctnewsjunkie.com 

  CT Elections 2006 Edited: Waxing Nostalgic Election 2008 Lieberman Mum on 4th District Leanings Bummer: Photo Op Spoiled Environment DeLauro Sees 'Perfect Storm' on Oil General News Edwards Crusades Against ...

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  Related Topix: Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Non-Profit, Foreclosures

• Bad economy means good business for repo men

  Friday Jul 18 | 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

• KISS 95.7 = Connecticut's Hit Music = 860-247-9570

  Friday Jul 11 | via KISS 95.7 Hartford 

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are too big to fail and must be kept alive to avoid a crisis of "unspeakable magnitude," a former top Federal Reserve policy-maker said on Friday.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Connecticut

• Obama Seeks Info On Dodd In Vice President Search

  Friday Jul 11 | via Hartford Courant 

  Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. 86 comments

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Aspects Of Haven Healthcare Sale Trouble Creditors

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Connecticut's WB 20 

  The Haven Healthcare nursing home chain began a new era Monday, as most of its 25 homes in New England were sold to three real estate investment firms, while four Connecticut homes were placed in the hands of a ... 49 comments

  Related Topix: Glastonbury, CT, Home, Mortgage, Connecticut

National Headlines

• How to save money on your...

  1 min ago | via AdelaideNow... 

  SAVE money? The Murray family has found a way to actually make money from their weekly grocery shop.

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  Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Housing woes leave furniture dealers struggling

  2 min ago | via Nashua Telegraph 

  In the furniture business nowadays, even flat sales are considered good. Havertys, Sealy and other major manufacturers have seen sales drop 25 percent or more since last year.

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  Related Topix: Conover, NC, Apex, NC, Cary, NC, Housing

• Raleigh foreclosures up, still better than national rate

  2 min ago | via Wral.com 

  Foreclosures in the City of Raleigh were 64 percent greater in the second quarter of 2008 than in the same period last year.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, Housing

• New home sales drop 0.6 percent in June

  3 min ago | via Chico Enterprise-Record 

  Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, more proof that the worst housing slump in decades is getting deeper.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Homes repossessed for $1000

  4 min ago | via News.com.au 

  AUSTRALIA'S economy is looking even more fragile amid reports that some mortgage lenders are repossessing homes for defaults of as little as $1000. As share investors lost about $40billion yesterday, a major ...

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