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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
John Edwards touts anti-poverty plan in Houston
14 hrs ago | via Houston Chronicle
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards stopped in Houston Wednesday on a national tour to tout an anti-poverty campaign that aims to cut the number of the country's poor in half in a decade.
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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, Harris County, TX, Houston Metro, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures
Consumer watch: Prescreen home-repair contractors
Friday Jul 18 | via Houston Chronicle
Lisa Anderson didn't quite know where to begin her search for a home-repair contractor to laminate her floors.
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Related Topix: Harris County, TX, Housing, Home, Home Remodeling, Houston Metro
Letters: Why we've missed the bust
Friday Jul 4 | via Houston Chronicle
Will Holder, an apologist for sprawl, misled readers regarding the fictional unregulated market when it comes to housing.
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Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Katy, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston Metro, Houston Metro, Opinion
Thursday Jun 26 | via Houston Press
If you're a homeowner who has seen the assessment on your house rise a significant amount, you usually protest it.
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Harris County, TX
Property tax woes in Valley discussed
Tuesday Jun 24 | via MySA.com
Jorge Tello was unpleasantly surprised when he got a letter saying the value of his small piece of land in San Juan had gone from nearly $12,000 to nearly $18,000 - a jump of about 50 percent on what he'll be ...
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Related Topix: Lubbock County, TX, Harris County, TX, Real Estate, Home, Mortgage
Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns
2 hrs ago | via Mexia Daily News
Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...
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East Texas Housing Market Strong
14 hrs ago | via KLTV Tyler
A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.
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Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage
Wide-reaching Housing Rescue Legislation Moves Forward
17 hrs ago | via WMFE
The House approved Wednesday a hotly-debated housing rescue package aimed at helping strapped homeowners avoid foreclosures after President Bush dropped his opposition to the bill.
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Texas
BUSINESS: Wall Street looks to extend gains as oil retreats
Yesterday | via NJ Biz
BUSINESS: Bush drops opposition to housing bill 7/23/2008 Under the bill, the government would help struggling homeowners get new, cheaper loans and would be allowed to offer troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...
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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Dolly, Texas, Retail, Tuesday Morning
Kay Bailey Hutchison: Ensuring security for Freddie and Fannie
Yesterday | via Dallas Morning News
Kay Bailey Hutchison is the senior U.S. senator from Texas and chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee.
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion, Dallas, TX
Home sale news sends Dow down more than 200 points
6 min ago | via Houston Chronicle
Wall Street has abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales wiped away some of the market's optimism.
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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Chemicals, Home, Home Selling, Real Estate, Housing, Financial Markets
Home sales at 10-year low, jobless claims jump
6 min ago | via Reuters
Jobless claims jumped and the pace of existing home sales tumbled to a 10-year low as slowing growth hit hiring and a glut of unsold houses weighed on real estate, data released on Thursday showed.
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Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Housing, Real Estate, Financial Markets, Mortgage
Accounting change not meant to shock: SEC's Cox
7 min ago | via Reuters
An accounting change that could force banks to bring trillions of dollars of off-balance sheet transactions back on their books will be implemented in a way that will not create unnecessary shocks, the chairman ...
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Related Topix: Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
7 min ago | via Realtor Magazine
Today's passage of The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 by the House of Representatives will help bring stability to the housing market and stem the rising rate of foreclosures, according to the ...
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Los Angeles Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
Boston Papers Probe Story of Woman Who Killed Herself -- On Verge of Losing Home
7 min ago | via Editor & Publisher
NEW YORK For many months, E&P has been reporting on the surge in suicides among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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Related Topix: Taunton, MA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures
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