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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

• Legal Aid sees many more foreclosures

  23 hrs ago | via ScrippsNews 

  Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 13:02. Yvette Stackhouse sees many people who are facing foreclosures or evictions in a weak economy, as residents have lost textile and other manufacturing jobs.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, University of Richmond, Wake Forest University, Foreclosures, Hampton University

• current events, culture, commentary, community

  23 hrs ago | via ScrippsNews 

  Yvette Stackhouse sees many people who are facing foreclosures or evictions in a weak economy, as residents have lost textile and other manufacturing jobs.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, University of Richmond, Wake Forest University, Foreclosures, Hampton University

• Real Estate Transactions

  Friday Jul 18 | via L'Observateur Newspaper 

  MAY 27, 2008 TO MAY 30, 2008 LAPLACE Cambridge Drive 1713 by Deutsche Bank Naional Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc., to Frances Williams, $123,200.00. Country Club Drive 2269 by ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Maurice, LA, Harvey, LA, Montz, LA

• Curious public takes a look inside Vick's former house

  Dec 8, 2007 | via The Virginian-Pilot 

  Robert Delk hesitated at the fence to Michael Vick's old backyard, unsure of what he was about to see behind it.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Hampton, VA, Prince George County, VA, Home Listing, Home, Smithfield, VA, Newport News, VA

• Scharf Surf's Up

  Jun 2, 2008 | via New York Post 

  RECESSSION? What recession? Artist Kenny Scharf still thinks Hamptonites, some of whom are fighting off foreclosures, have enough money left over to buy a $15,000 surfboard - designed by him, naturally.

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  Related Topix: Hampton, VA, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Editor Takes the Plunge, Goes Through Licensing Process

  6 hrs ago | via Sun - Gazette 

  Listen up, you top producers out there: you some day could have competition in the world of real estate.

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  Related Topix: Merrifield, VA, Real Estate, Virginia

• Experts gather to figure out how to decrease Virginia's foreclosure rate

  16 hrs ago | via WDBJ7 

  July 23, 2008 Experts gather to figure out how to decrease Virginia's foreclosure rate Virginia's foreclosure rate is rising faster than the national average.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Virginia, Virginia Government

• Gloomy Virginia: Foreclosure crisis likely to worsen, says analyst

  Yesterday | via The Daily Times 

  RICHMOND - Government and community leaders from throughout Virginia gathered Wednesday to consider how they can reverse a disturbing spike in foreclosures.

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

• NVR Ekes Out a Profit in Deep Housing Slump

  Yesterday | via The Washington Post 

  NVR's profit of $51.3 million reflected a skid of 43 percent. COMMENT By Zachary A. Goldfarb Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 23, 2008; Page D01 NVR, the region's biggest home builder, said ...

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  Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Home Building, Home, Mortgage, Virginia

• Will Presidential Election Help Resurrect Local Housing Strength?

  Monday Jul 21 | via Sun - Gazette 

  No matter who wins this November's presidential election, the turnover of political staff members will - if only slightly - boost activity in the local real estate market, some top local real estate ...

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  3 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

  3 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

  4 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

  4 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

  4 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