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• Online Auctions: Good Sense for Buyers and Sellers

  Thursday May 8 | via Realty Trac 

  It's no secret that more people are buying more products through online auctions, and real estate is no exception.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

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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

• Education Briefs

  Sunday May 11 | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  The state Department of Education will sponsor Mississippi Rising 2008 Summer Conference at the Biloxi Convention Center June 2-5. This conference offers educators the opportunity to hear inspiring speakers, ...

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  Related Topix: Biloxi, MS, Biloxi Metro, Real Estate, Mississippi, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bennie Thompson, Democrat, Parkway Properties

• RealtyTrac: Tenn. 13 in Q1 foreclosure rate, metro Memphis 20th

  Monday Apr 28 | via Memphis Business Journal 

  Tennessee's first-quarter foreclosures were up 72 percent, while metro Memphis' jumped 51 percent, according to RealtyTrac's Q1 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released April 29.

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  Related Topix: Tennessee Government, Tennessee, Foreclosures, Mississippi

• Better education efforts could help solve the mortgage crisis

  Mar 31, 2008 | via Business First of Louisville 

  Business First of Louisville - by William Poole During my 10 years at the St. Louis Fed, a key for me has been how well we at the nation's central bank communicate with financial markets.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Mississippi, Education Etc., Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mutual Funds

• Business briefs

  Thursday Apr 17 | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  Political analyst Stu Rothenberg will be the featured speaker next month at the 73rd annual Delta Council Meeting.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mississippi

• Pulpwood offers hope despite timber market

  Apr 7, 2008 | via Delta Farm Press 

  Apr 8, 2008 9:42 AM, By Bob Ratliff MSU Ag Communications Overall demand for wood products is down, but one segment of the industry is experiencing stronger demand.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mississippi

• Fannie Mae eases ZIP code equity rule

  7 min ago | via Chicago Tribune 

  Fannie Mae is doing away with higher minimum down-payment requirements for borrowers in parts of the country where home prices are dropping.

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

• Consumer confidence index hits lowest level since June 1980

  8 min ago | via Chicago Tribune 

  Confidence among U.S. consumers fell in May to the lowest level in almost 28 years as record-high fuel prices, lower home values and fewer jobs rattled Americans.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Business News

• Pair get suspended terms in S. Jersey betting ring

  9 min ago | via Gloucester Co. Times 

  TRENTON Two Philadelphia men each received suspended five-year prison terms Friday for running a gambling ring in South Jersey and Philadelphia and for falsifying a mortgage application.

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  Related Topix: Trenton, NJ, Home, Mortgage, Philadelphia, PA Metro, Atlantic County, NJ

• Fitch Rates SMUD's $510MM Series U Elec Refg Revs 'A'; Outlook to Stable

  7 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  Fitch also affirms SMUD's $1.5 billion parity electric revenue bonds and $431.4 million subordinated electric revenue bonds at 'A'. The Rating Outlook is revised from Positive to Stable.

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  Related Topix: Energy, Home, Mortgage, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

• Checklist

  15 hrs ago | via Washington Times 

  U Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the largest U.S. mortgage-finance companies, are a "point of vulnerability" to the U.S. financial system and their leverage is so high they are a risk to taxpayers, their ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance