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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

• Homeowner rescue awaits President Bush's signature

  11 hrs ago | via WWL-TV New Orleans 

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

• U.S. Congress passes Fannie, Freddie rescue measure

  17 hrs ago | via The China Post 

  The U.S. Senate voted 72-13 in Washington during a rare Saturday session, following a July 23 vote in the House.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Housing, George Bush, 2008 Presidential Election

• Senate close to approving housing rescue bill

  18 hrs ago | via Tacoma News Tribune 

  Damian Dovarganes AP Photo Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  Yesterday | via North County Times 

  In this July 13, 2008 file photo, Freddie Mac Corporate Office are seen in McLean, Va.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Omnibus housing legislation poised for vote

  Friday | via InvestmentNews 

  A sweeping housing bill that would aid ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae of Washington and Freddie Mac of McLean, Va., and help struggling mortgage holders is one step closer to becoming law today after the ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, McLean, VA, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Wildlife attracted to suburbs

  Yesterday | via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 

  Wildlife have come to enjoy life in the 'burbs for the same reasons mortgage-paying residents have.

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

• Covering Rented Homes

  Yesterday | via WHSV-TV Harrisonburg 

  With the rise in foreclosures, more and more people are looking into renting homes these days.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Virginia

• Most of Virginia remains in throes of housing slump

  Friday | via WSLS-TV Roanoke 

  The housing slump continues in most parts of Virginia, with the exception of a few areas, including the Piedmont.

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Richmond, VA, Real Estate, Housing, Loudoun County, VA, Prince William County, VA

• Editor Takes the Plunge, Goes Through Licensing Process

  Thursday Jul 24 | 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

  Wednesday Jul 23 | 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

National Headlines

• Affordable oasis near the sea

  2 min ago | via San Francisco Chronicle 

  Turning south onto Highway 1 from Skyline Boulevard, the road climbs to the top of a hill and then - like a rollercoaster after clanking its way slowly to its summit - plunges into Pacifica.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

• U.S. Congress approves wide-ranging housing rescue bill,

  3 min ago | via VietNamNet 

  The U.S. Congress approved on Saturday a wide-ranging housing rescue bill that will offer up to 300 billion U.S. dollars in assistance to troubled mortgage giants and homeowners.

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

• Reverse mortgage leaves borrower stunned and stuck

  4 min ago | via Las Vegas Review Journal 

  Realtor Dave Berard, left, explains the terms of a reverse mortgage to William Lancaster in Lancaster's east Las Vegas home on July 17.

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  Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Las Vegas, NV, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

• Economy Class

  4 min ago | via Journal Gazette 

  Forget leading economic indicators, corporate quarterly earnings, record-low home equity, record-high mortgage defaults and all the rest of it.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Stuck in the middle: Renters swept up in wave of foreclosures

  4 min ago | via New Haven Register 

  Aurea Ortiz, a renter on Sedgewick Street in Bridgeport, is in danger of being evicted from her home because the building is being foreclosed.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Bridgeport, CT, Bridgeport Metro, New Haven Metro, New Haven Metro, New Haven, CT