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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

• Do your homework for a no-surprises house closing

  Yesterday | via Democrat & Chronicle 

  When making a decision on purchasing a home, an often-overlooked element for some novice home buyers is factoring in closing costs.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Henrietta, NY, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Group Discusses Mortgage Crisis

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via R News 

  Think the mortgage crisis isn't affecting the Rochester area? The Monroe County Bar Association and the educators it brought to the area Wednesday believe greater Rochester should think again.

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  Related Topix: Irondequoit, NY, Greece, NY, Henrietta, NY, Webster, NY, Housing, Monroe County, NY

• On the move

  Monday Jul 7 | via Democrat & Chronicle 

  Brow Diva has promoted Amy Kocaoglu to assistant manager. She is responsible for overseeing customer relations, scheduling and inventory management.

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  Related Topix: Greece, NY, Brighton, NY, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Marketing, Monroe County, NY, Victor, NY

• Help is on the doorstep for stressed homeowners in N.Y.

  Monday Jun 30 | via Democrat & Chronicle 

  Thank you for the Speaking Out essay by Ruhi Maker titled 'Reach out to owners in danger of losing their homes' . The essay notes that there were 14,000 foreclosure filings in New York state in the first ...

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  Related Topix: Monroe County, NY, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bills acted on by state Legislature that affect the Rochester area

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 

  Here is a compilation of bills acted on in this year's session of the state Legislature that affect the Rochester region.

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  Related Topix: Wyoming County, NY, Home, Mortgage, Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY, Monroe County, NY

Regional Headlines

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

  Friday | 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

  Friday | 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

  Friday | 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

  Friday | 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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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  Friday | 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

• Congress passes mortgage aid bill

  4 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

  6 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

  7 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

  9 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