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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes

  Monday Jun 30 | via Realty Trac 

  Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• " Man gets jail for stripping home before sale

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  A former Mercer County mortgage broker who gutted his $1.2 million home before a sheriff's sale has been sentenced to three to 15 months in jail and must pay more than $174,000 to an insurance company.

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  Related Topix: Sharpsville, PA, Mercer County, PA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Ebensburg, PA

• Pa. foreclosure filings slid 1.5 percent from April to May

  Jun 13, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  Pennsylvania's home foreclosure rate showed slight improvement in May, but it remains well above last year's rate.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, California, PA, Cambria County, PA

• Economist says recession fears premature

  Feb 2, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  Talk of an economic recession seems to greet Jay Sukits at every turn. He's just not sure if it's warranted.

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  Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Foreclosures, Cambria County, PA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Johnstown, PA

• Route 22 corridor sees construction boom

  Jan 27, 2008 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  As a nationwide housing slump continues along with a hefty increase in foreclosures, the area along the recently improved Route 22 corridor from Ebensburg to the Indiana County line is flourishing.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana County, PA, Ebensburg, PA, Johnstown, PA, Johnstown Metro

• Shooting victim - did not deserve to die this way,' family says

  Dec 12, 2007 | via The Tribune-Democrat 

  The Elton man gunned down Sunday night in his home has been described by his family as a caring person who was willing to help others.

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  Related Topix: Johnstown, PA, Johnstown Metro, Home Listing, Home

Regional Headlines

• Regional economy shows improvement

  15 hrs ago | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania, Home Listing, Home

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

• Wachovia's Brokerage Inspected by State Regulators in Auction-Rate Probe

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Bloomberg 

  Wachovia Corp. 's securities division was inspected by a team of regulators from more than five states who delivered subpoenas today as part of a probe into the company's sales of auction-rate bonds.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Advertising, Boston University, Pennsylvania

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  5 min ago | via Huliq.com 

  Sales of US existing homes fell 2.6% to an annualized rate of 4.86 million from a 4.99 million pace the prior month.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Home Selling, Housing, Real Estate

• Banks step up Fed borrowing, Wall Street passes

  5 min ago | via The Flint Journal 

  Banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms didn't draw such loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker

  6 min ago | via Marin Independent Journal 

  Two cornerstones of the economy - jobs and housing - sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures

• Gloomy day for U.S. markets

  6 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped 34,000 last week, the Labor Department said, in part reflecting seasonal volatility typical at this time of year, but also indicating ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Home Selling, Stamford, CT, New Haven Metro

• Md. Woman Charged In Tax Scandal

  6 min ago | via NewsChannel 8 

  A real estate agent from Prince George's County has been charged in a scheme that prosecutors believe defrauded the D.C. tax office out of nearly $50 million.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Clinton, MD, University of the District of Columbia