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• Top 7 Foreclosure Stories of Past Year

  Jun 19, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  The euphoria that surrounded six years of escalating home prices, record levels of home sales and rock-bottom interest rates crashed and burned in 2007, forcing many foreclosure investors to ratchet down their ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Housing, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Local Headlines

• Scottsdale existing home sales dip 3% in June

  8 hrs ago | via East Valley Tribune 

  Scottsdale home sales lagged in June compared with the previous month, but also saw fewer foreclosures than other Valley cities.

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  Related Topix: Arizona State University, Maricopa County, AZ, Home Listing, Home, Chandler, AZ, Gilbert, AZ, Housing

• Developer files new motion for Mortgages Ltd. Chapter 11 trustee

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  Another Mortgages Ltd. borrower filed a motion July 24 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court requesting that a Chapter 11 trustee be appointed to the case.

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  Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Maricopa County, AZ

• Condo resales show slight uptick

  Friday | via Northwest Valley News 

  The good news is that the number of homes sold in Maricopa County rose nearly 9 percent in June compared with May, according to an Arizona State University report.

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  Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Arizona State University, Housing, Foreclosures, Surprise, AZ, Sun City West, AZ

• Greater Phoenix Resale Market

  Thursday | via East Valley Living 

  Name : Kathee Austin Email: editor@evliving.com Site: http://www.evliving.com/ See Authors Posts MESA, Ariz.

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  Related Topix: Mesa, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Housing, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Foreclosures

• Housing bill will help Valley foreclosures

  Thursday Jul 24 | via Arizona Republic 

  Since the beginning of this year there's been almost 17,000 foreclosures in the metro Phoenix area... up from almost 10,000 for all of 2007.

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  Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Help kids get economic, financial skills

  4 hrs ago | via Arizona Republic 

  I trust you haven't had your head buried in the sand and are aware of the financial turmoil we as a country and, in many cases, as individuals, are experiencing.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Kids, Family, Arizona

• FDIC closes First Heritage Bank

  16 hrs ago | via Taipei Times 

  WILD WEST: The 28 bank branches in Nevada, Arizona and California will reopen as Mutual of Omaha Bank branches X with the full amount of deposits insured AP, CARSON CITY, NEVADA Sunday, Jul 27, 2008, Page 11 ...

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Foreclosures, Arizona, Arizona Government

• Feds close Scottsdale-based First National Bank of Arizona

  21 hrs ago | via Arizona Republic 

  First National Bank, the state's largest locally based bank and a specialist in lower-quality mortgages, was closed by regulators Friday, a victim of problem loans and the lingering real-estate slump.

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Arizona

• Ariz. ranks among worst states for foreclosures

  Friday | via East Valley Tribune 

  The number of Arizonans facing the possible loss of their homes continued mounting in the second quarter as one in every 70 households received a foreclosure filing, according to the latest data from ...

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Foreclosures, Arizona Government

• Family reunion, followed by 'Family Feud'

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Scottsdale Tribune 

  Donya Sherman's appearance on the syndicated game show "Family Feud" was a truly special family affair.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Internet, Science / Technology, Bakersfield Metro

National Headlines

• Congress passes mortgage aid bill

  6 min ago | via North County Journal 

  It took fears of a market collapse to push President George W. Bush and Congress to compromise on election-year mortgage help for struggling homeowners.

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

• Lawsuit dropped over SoCal congresswoman's home

  8 min ago | via Fox News 

  A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Banking, Washington Mutual, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Raise a glass of best Chateau Sucker

  9 min ago | via Irish Independent 

  Frankly, I've been getting tired of all the bad news. Every day brings new reports of job losses, price increases, industrial collapse, increasing debt, stock exchange plunges, pension erosion and general ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Train Disaster, Opinion

• US shuts down two more banks

  11 min ago | via Times of Oman 

  WASHINGTON: The US Treasury has shut down two affiliated western banks as the impact of the US real estate crash rolls through the country's financial institutions.

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  Related Topix: Reno, NV, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• A healthy market

  3 hrs ago | via The Daily Advertiser 

  The home buying boom in Lafayette is leveling off, and with national stories of lending disasters and foreclosures tempering the market, local builders are trying to assure potential buyers.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Baton Rouge, LA, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Lafayette, LA