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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

• Buyers get bargain prices at Enclave condo auction

  May 25, 2008 | via Florida Times-Union 

  Nearly 200 people showed up on May 17 to watch 49 condos at the Enclave at Eagle Harbor go on the auction block, with some walking away with what they could only describe as a "great deal." Fleming Island ...

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  Related Topix: Gadsden, AL, Gadsden Metro, Real Estate

• Coastal business

  May 23, 2008 | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  Home sales fall 32 percent in April House and condo sales on the Grand Strand fell about 32 percent in April compared with the same month last year, according to information released Friday by the S.C. ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, Cherokee County, SC, Piedmont, SC

• S.C. home sales fall 24 percent in April

  May 23, 2008 | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  House and condo sales on the Grand Strand fell about 32 percent in April compared with the same month last year, according to information released today by the S.C. Association of Realtors. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate

• Chamber honors community leaders at banquet

  Apr 21, 2008 | via Cherokee County Herald 

  The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce elected new officers and directors for the upcoming year during its recent 62nd Annual Banquet held at the ROC.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Centre, AL, Gadsden, AL, Cherokee County, AL

• What You Need to Know About House Auctions

  Jan 3, 2008 | via TheStreet.com 

  First If you're looking to buy or sell real estate this year, get ready for a roller-coaster ride.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Gadsden Metro, Business News

Regional Headlines

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  16 hrs ago | via Alabama Live 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Alabama

• US foreclosure filings more than double in 2Q

  Friday | via Washington Post 

  By J.W. ELPHINSTONE The Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008; 2:41 PM NEW YORK -- The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Alabama, Foreclosures

• U.S. foreclosure filings more than double in 2nd quarter

  Friday | via SF Gate 

  Nationwide, 739,714 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice during the quarter, or one in every 171 U.S. households, Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac Inc.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Alabama, Foreclosures

• Slump of state home sales continues

  Thursday | via Prattville Progress 

  Slump of state home sales continues Staff and wire reports * July 25, 2008 Home sales across Alabama plummeted during June.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Alabama

• Housing Rescue Bill Awaits Senate, but Questions Remain

  Thursday | via WMFE 

  A hotly-debated housing bill aimed at helping struggling homeowners and shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is next headed for the Senate.

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  Related Topix: Alabama Government, Alabama, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Housing rescue passes

  9 min ago | via Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville, Virginia 

  The candidates for the 5th District House seat in the November election differ on the merits of the housing legislation passed by Congress last week.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Banks rally as CEOs hold off on shares

  3 hrs ago | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services

• Mortgage firm rescue bill awaits Bush's OK

  3 hrs ago | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners Saturday as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging economy.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, George Bush, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Financing completed for Pa. shopping center

  3 hrs ago | via CourierPostOnline 

  Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has completed a $54 million financing of Paxton Towne Centre in Harrisburg, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Harrisburg, PA, Home, Mortgage

• Local communities sit half-built, fully troubled

  3 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Michael and Judith Van Dress have a lot of privacy and not a lot of competition when they use the brand-new fitness center at their condominium in Concordia.

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  Related Topix: Cape Coral, FL, Housing, Lee County, FL, Naples Metro