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More Seattle Foreclosed New Homes as Developer Miss ...
1 hr ago | via NowPublic
Several properties at Conner Homesa Bentley subdivision became foreclosed new homes after Conner failed to pay his Bank of America loan. Comment?
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Crunch time for Seattle-area homebuilders' ...
Yesterday | via The Seattle Times
Conner Homes of Bellevue has lost one new housing development to foreclosure, and is close to losing another property. Comment?
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June home sales are highest in King County since Oct...
Monday Jul 6 | via The Seattle Times
People who have sold their homes to first-time buyers move up to more expensive homes, Northwest MLS statistics for June show. Comment?
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Monday Jul 6 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Chris and Tracy Blanton started looking seriously for a Seattle-area house in January so they could move back to the area from Orange County. Comment?
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Woman sentenced to six months in prison for arrangin...
Monday Jul 6 | via Seattle Times
The co-owner of a now-defunct mortgage brokerage in Kent was sentenced to six months in federal prison Monday for arranging fraudulent mortgages for dozens of homes, some of which ended up being used as marijuana greenhouses. Comment?
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Will self-hating smokers help others to quit?
Monday Jul 6 | via Adfreak
To explain its latest salvo for the Washington State Department of Health, WongDoody asks: "Amid mounting home foreclosures, worsening unemployment and an ugly healthcare crisis, how do you convince the working poor to give up what is often their only stress-relief tool -- cigarettes? Simple. Comment?
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New agency to bundle consumer protection
Wednesday Jul 1 | via Seattle Times
California gets EPA OK: The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday gave California permission to set its own standards on greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks. Comment?
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WA population: still growing, but slowing...
Monday Jun 29 | via Spokesman Review
OLYMPIA _ We're still growing, but it's slowing. That was the verdict Monday from Washington's Office of Financial Management, which churns out annual population estimates for the state, cities and counties. Comment?
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Statewatch: Washington: Not by aircraft alone
Thursday Jun 25 | via The Economist
WASHINGTONIANS like to point out that they are home to the largest building, by volume, in the world, a Boeing hangar in the Puget Sound north of Seattle. Comment?
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Obama rolls out sweeping financial regulation proposal
Wednesday Jun 17 | via Tri-cityherald.com
President Barack Obama moved Wednesday to shift the pendulum of history, proposing sweeping new government regulation of the nation's financial system and turning sharply away from the anti-government, pro-free-market passion that's dominated American politics for three decades. Comment?
National Headlines
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All Business: More toxic loans could haunt banks
5 min ago | via SanLuisObispo.com
Japan's economy was paralyzed for a decade as banks failed to deal with their troubled loans. Comment?
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Md man sentenced in mortgage fraud scheme
5 min ago | via Baltimore News
GREENBELT, Md. -- A Fort Washington man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his involvement in a $35 million scheme to cheat homeowners facing foreclosure. Comment?
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8 min ago | via Medford Mail Tribune
Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Inc. has released a DVD espousing the benefits of doing business in the Rogue Valley and the area's quality of life. Comment?
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homeowner aid, mortgage aid, lagging, treasury
8 min ago | via Hispanic Business
The U.S. Treasury chastised some of the nation's banks while admitting a program to help borrowers stay in their homes is progressing at a snail's pace. Comment?
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Banks Remain at the Heart of the Economy's Challenge
9 min ago | via Hispanic Business
In March, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a Public-Private Investment Program in which the government and private firms would bid together to purchase toxic assets from banks, freeing them to increase lending and help revive the economy. Comment?
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