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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

• Housing market crash takes toll on family pets

  2 hrs ago | via LA Daily News 

  It's sad enough when a family must lose its home during a soaring number of national bank foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Foreclosures, Los Angeles, CA

• Real Homes of Genius: Today we Salute you Compton. Once, Twice, Three times a Short Sale.

  Wednesday | via Dr. Housing Bubble Blog 

  Once again the ministry of truth tells us that inflation is tame so long as you don't eat or drive which makes for a fascinating Wall Street spectacle.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, California

• Business Digest

  Tuesday May 13 | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Report addresses trade activity According to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., international trade activity in the Los Angeles area will record modest growth in 2008, after a disappointing year ...

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Long Beach, CA, Home, Mortgage, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro

• April Sales Up, Prices Down: The Los Angeles Business Journal reports...

  Monday May 12 | via CurbedLA 

  The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that Los Angeles County home sales rose about 15 percent from March-April, while the median price dropped 2 percent to $456,000. The sales increase is significant given ...

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Housing, Lancaster, CA, Foreclosures

• Jacaranda trees are a beautiful mess

  Monday May 12 | via Los Angeles Times 

  The drive down Pasadena's Del Mar Boulevard under a canopy of ultraviolet-blue jacarandas has lost none of its effect on Roland Clements after all these years.

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  Related Topix: Arcadia, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, Boulevard, CA, Real Estate, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro

• Foreclosure 'Activity' Dips Slightly In California

  Wednesday May 14 | via SocketSite 

  Foreclosure "Activity" Dips Slightly In California According to RealtyTrac , while foreclosure activity across the U.S. increased 4 percent from March to April , activity decreased slightly in both Nevada and ...

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  Related Topix: California, Foreclosures, San Bernardino, CA, Riverside Metro

• California Leads Way To Consumer Bust

  18 hrs ago | via Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis 

  The International Herald Tribune reports Californians leading the way to consumer bust .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, California, California Government

• After the gold rush

  23 hrs ago | via Reuters 

  As it did when the housing bubble began to burst, California is leading the way in the next leg: a consumer bust.

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  Related Topix: Housing, California Government, California

• Californians leading the way to consumer bust

  Yesterday | via International Herald Tribune 

  LONDON : As it did when the housing bubble began to burst, California is leading the way in the next leg: a consumer bust.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, California, California Government

• Missouri foreclosures up 34% from last year

  Monday May 12 | via Bizjournals 

  St. Louis Business Journal - by Matt Allen Foreclosures in Missouri in April were below the national trend and decreased from March, but they were up more than 34 percent compared to April 2007, according to a ...

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  Related Topix: Missouri, Foreclosures, California Government, California

• Mortgages

  4 min ago | via Thai News Agency 

  Rates starting at 5.375%, 5.605% APR. Apply Online Now. www.ditech.com Mortgage ? No Problem Mortgage No Problem.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Religion briefs: Housing seminar Wednesday at Mansfield church

  6 min ago | via MansfieldNewsJournal.com 

  First Friends plans family conference MANSFIELD -- Mansfield First Friends Church, 571 Logan Road, will host a family conference today and Sunday.

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  Related Topix: Family, Parenting, Scott, OH, Mansfield Metro, Mansfield, OH, Home, Mortgage

• Local churches to discuss foreclosures

  7 min ago | via Toledo Blade 

  The growing number of home foreclosures in the Toledo area will be a topic of discussion Monday at Monroe Street United Methodist Church.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Toledo Metro, Toledo, OH, Lucas County, OH

• Grand Bank offers insurance policies

  4 hrs ago | via Hattiesburg American 

  To Freddy Walter, life insurance is a love letter. Partnering with Grand Bank earlier this month, Walter is a charter life underwriter and the first agent for Grand Bank Insurance Services, a new department ...

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  Related Topix: Hattiesburg Metro, Hattiesburg, MS, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Petal, MS

• Let's Make It Cool to Save

  Saturday May 10 | via The Washington Post 

  Sunday, May 11, 2008; Page F01 A coalition of consumer advocates, public policy groups and academics wants to attack our country's dependence on debt by creating a national campaign much like the one used to ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures