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• A Foreclosure Bargain for Their "Forever House"

  Wednesday May 14 | via Realty Trac 

  Karen Krynen saw an opportunity. Nestled at the top of a hill with a long private driveway, the bank-owned property sitting on a huge 40,946 square foot lot was exactly what she was looking for.

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  Related Topix: La Habra Heights, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

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• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Home sales fall throughout state, but not as much in metro-east

  Saturday May 10 | via Belleville News 

  Housing sales fell in Illinois and the metro-east during the first three months of 2008, but analysts expect sales to rebound soon.

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  Related Topix: St Clair County, IL, Housing, Madison County, IL, Real Estate, Home, Mortgage

• News Radio 1240 WTAX Springfield, IL

  Tuesday Apr 22 | via WTAX-AM Springfield 

  Local housing sales down, prices up. The average selling price for a home in the Springfield area is up 4%, though home sales were down 29% for the month of March.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, Madison County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Springfield, IL

• Illinois briefs

  Mar 12, 2008 | via Dubuque Telegraph Herald 

  A Madison County grand jury indicted the six in the January slaying of 29-year-old Dorothy Dixon, who was six months' pregnant.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IL, Violent Crime, Home, Mortgage

• Failing economy makes for flourishing courthouse

  Feb 28, 2008 | via Belleville News 

  A failing economy can make for a flourishing courthouse as debtors file small-claims actions, foreclosures and evictions.

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  Related Topix: Madison, IL, Credit Card Debt, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Madison County, IL

• Home sales in metro-east better than the country's average

  Feb 26, 2008 | via Belleville News 

  Sales of existing homes nationally fell for the sixth straight month in January, dropping to a nine-year low, but metro-east Realtors say business here is better than the national average.

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  Related Topix: St Clair County, IL, Madison County, IL, Home Buying, Home, Housing

• Mortgage Fraud: New Analysis of a Rising Threat

  Tuesday May 13 | via Federal Bureau of Investigation 

  By the end of fiscal year 2007, we were handling just over 1,200 mortgage fraud investigations.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, Illinois, Foreclosures

• Housing starts fall 24 pct in first quarter

  Thursday | via International Herald Tribune 

  LONDON : Housing starts fell by nearly a quarter in the first three months of 2008 from the same period last year, government statistics showed on Thursday, a further sign that the housing market is cooling ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Home, Mortgage, 2008 Presidential Election, Illinois, Illinois Government

• Area home sales plummet

  Saturday May 10 | via Glen Ellyn Sun 

  The ongoing credit crunch and a softening economy led to double-digit declines in first-quarter home sales in the area and lower prices being paid for most of them, according to the Illinois Association of ...

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  Related Topix: Elgin, IL, Housing, Real Estate, Cook County, IL, Illinois, Kane County, IL

• Illinois foreclosures lessen; others soar

  Wednesday May 14 | via Arlington Heights Daily Herald 

  The rate of foreclosures in Illinois appears to be stabilizing while nationwide numbers continue to escalate, according to a RealtyTrac report expected to be released today.

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  Related Topix: Illinois, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Housing Bulletin - Melissa Bean and Mortgage-Aid Legislation

  Wednesday May 14 | via Chicago Magazine 

  On May 8th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a mortgage rescue plan that, although threatened by a veto from President Bush, could help homeowners facing foreclosure stay in their homes with lower-cost ...

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  Related Topix: Illinois, US Politics, Melissa Bean, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Barney Frank

• Apartments give housing market an April boost

  9 min ago | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Construction of new homes increased by the biggest percentage in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news amid the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• Sacramento-area homeowners can expect property tax cuts

  45 min ago | via Sacramento Bee 

  Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, May 17, 2008 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A1 Nearly 180,000 Sacramento-area homeowners can expect millions of dollars in collective property tax cuts this fall as ...

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  Related Topix: El Dorado, CA, Yolo, CA, Housing, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro

• Tax rebate exclusions draw controversy

  2 hrs ago | via Los Angeles Times 

  As the rebate checks from Uncle Sam continue arriving in mailboxes, a provision limiting the benefit to Social Security cardholders is drawing controversy in California and around the nation.

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  Related Topix: Sacramento, CA, Home, Mortgage, US News

• Dollars & Sense

  10 min ago | via The Modesto Bee 

  Slight boost in new homes construction Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Business News

• Plenty of good parking ahead

  11 min ago | via The Norman Transcript 

  There were plenty of parking spaces at Andrews Park Friday morning. Most of those who gathered to celebrate national "Bike to Work Day" came on two wheels.

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  Related Topix: Norman, OK, Housing, Opinion