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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in May

  Jun 13, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  ' June 13, 2008 - ' RealtyTrac , the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its May 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report , which shows foreclosure filings - ' default notices, ...

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Local Headlines

• WaMu gets $7 billion in capital infusion

  Apr 9, 2008 | via Buffalo News 

  Washington Mutual Inc. secured $7 billion in new capital Tuesday, an injection that is aimed at reviving the company despite ballooning loan losses but which may also push it to rethink its strategy, slim down ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Albion, NY, Orleans County, NY, Banking, Washington Mutual, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Fitch Rates $100MM San Diego County (CA) Ser 2008B 'AA/F1+'

  10 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  The long-term 'AA' rating reflects the county's very low debt burden, sound financial operations, and very strong and effective financial and debt policies, as well as concern over the economic and financial ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Financial Markets, New York

• NYC jury convicts former Haitian paramilitary leader in scheme to cheat mortgage lenders

  12 hrs ago | via Newsday.com 

  A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel "Toto" Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• Irwin shares soar after loan sale

  16 hrs ago | via IBJ.COM 

  Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. shares rose 25 percent this morning, in the first trading session since the company announced late yesterday that it was scaling back its exposure to the battered mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: New York, Irwin Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• N.Y. jury convicts ex-Haitian strongman of fraud

  16 hrs ago | via Buffalo News 

  A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million.

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• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  Yesterday | via Lansing State Journal 

  NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

National Headlines

• New home sales fall, but less than expected

  12 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the decline was less than had been expected, raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be ...

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• Death-Squad Boss Guilty of Fraud

  12 min ago | via New York Post 

  A former Haitian death-squad leader who murdered and tortured political enemies in the early 1990s was convicted in Brooklyn yesterday of far less sinister crimes - ripping off loan providers in a ...

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• Foreclosure filings double in 2Q

  12 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Housing, Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Maxine Waters

• "Beazer gave them $100,000 cash, paid their mortgage off and...

  16 min ago | via Housing Doom 

  You just can't help some people. The 2005 " Extreme Makeover " home has gone into foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Construction, Beazer Homes USA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Sterling Gets Back to Strong Suit

  18 min ago | via GlobeSt.com 

  Sterling American Property Inc. caught the local commercial real estate market by surprise when it purchased Park Tower, the city's oldest skyscraper, for $50 million in January 2006.

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  Related Topix: University of South Florida, Home, Mortgage, University of Florida