Ellicott City Real Estate

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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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• 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

• Home slump continues

  Saturday May 10 | via Baltimore Sun 

  The severe slump in homebuying in the Baltimore metro area did not let up in April, sobering news for the 20,000 local homeowners who are trying to sell and were hoping for a spring pickup. 6 comments

  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

• New laws too late in loss of home

  Sunday May 4 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Changes to Maryland's foreclosure laws have come too late for Kwaku Atta Poku. The Ghanaian immigrant had built a new life in Maryland, only to lose his Howard County home, despite making every mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Howard County, MD, Ellicott City, MD, Columbia, MD, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Submitting Applications to Multiple Mortgage Lenders

  Saturday May 3 | via The Washington Post 

  Sunday, May 4, 2008; Page F06 Q Hyattsville: Every advice source suggests doing of plenty of homework before selecting a mortgage lender.

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  Related Topix: Ellicott City, MD, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Maryland Foreclosure Picture Worsens

  Tuesday Apr 29 | via WMAR 

  Reported by: Jeff Hager Last Update: 5:15 pm New numbers reflect a worsening foreclosure crisis across the country, and Maryland had filings on more than 11,000 properties in the first quarter of this year ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Howard County, MD, North Laurel, MD

• Classic style, rural privacy

  Sunday Apr 20 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Blending classic Greek ornamentation and elegant Tuscan-style color themes, this architecturally traditional house offers rural privacy in the southwest tip of Howard County.

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  Related Topix: Howard County, MD, Real Estate, Fulton, MD, Home Listing, Home, Highland, MD

• State's credit unions elude full force of mortgage mess

  Sunday May 11 | via Bizjournals 

  Some Baltimore-area institutions even grew earnings last year Baltimore Business Journal - by Rachel Sams Staff In a year of gloomy banking headlines, Destinations Credit Union grew earnings by nearly 50 ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Maryland

• Prosecute the Mortgage Sharks

  Saturday Apr 26 | via Washington Post 

  Sunday, April 27, 2008; Page F01 When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson released the government's blueprint for overhauling the nation's financial regulatory structure, he promised to direct more attention ...

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  Related Topix: Sales, Mortgage, Home, Maryland, Opinion

• Economy Troubles Delay Retirement

  Tuesday May 13 | via WMAR 

  Donna Vergil saves money where she can. She said, "I shop at Safeway because if I spend 50 bucks I get 10 cents off the gas prices here at their station," she said.

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  Related Topix: Maryland, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Time for rescue

  Monday May 12 | via Baltimore Sun 

  It's time for President Bush and Republicans in the Senate to stop playing politics and agree to support a plan to help rescue hundreds of thousands of families, including Marylanders, who are in danger of ... 18 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland, George Bush, Foreclosures, US News, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

• Health Partners tastes sweet charity from agents

  Friday May 9 | via The Independent 

  Tatiana and Eric Vrem put last minute touches on one of the cakes they donated to the Dessertfest auction that benefits Health Partners Inc.

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  Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Real Estate, Maryland

• BCNG Portals Page

  5 min ago | via Tacoma Daily Index 

  Goosefoot moves last salvage home Goosefoot said farewell to the last home in its house relocation program on Wednesday as the structure was moved to its new South End location.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Freeland, WA, Coupeville, WA

• Housing market crash takes toll on family pets

  5 min 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

• Summer may bring a turning point for stock market

  5 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  May 17, 2008 12:57 AM By JOE BEL BRUNO, AP In this photo released by the New York Stock Exchange Euronext, members of the 90's vocal group "New Kids on the Block" ring the closing bell at the exchange Thursday, ...

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  Related Topix: Manufacturing, Automakers, Pop/Rock, Jordan Knight, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Phila. property still sells

  Yesterday | via Philly.com 

  Last year, while the housing and mortgage crises hammered Miami, Detroit, Atlanta and Las Vegas, Center City Philadelphia held its own, buffered by a large resident workforce and a lower cost of living.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Housing, Philadelphia, PA

• Construction of new homes rises in April

  9 min ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  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, Housing