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• Whose Hurt With Declining Market Labels

  Sunday | via Realty Trac 

  It all started late last year when both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced a new loan standard for "declining markets." From now on, said the nation's largest mortgage buyers, if a local market is "declining" ...

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

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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

• Best Buckeye Coverage

  14 hrs ago | via WTVN-AM Columbus 

  President George W. Bush on Monday said the economy was working through "tough times," adding that Congress was making some progress on a new law aimed at helping the troubled housing market.

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

• Ohio treasurer to speak to local retirees, officials

  Yesterday | via Toledo Blade 

  Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray, who has been mentioned as a possible successor for state attorney general, is to take part in two events tomorrow in the Toledo area.

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Toledo Metro, Toledo, OH, Perrysburg, OH, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• New breed of American emerges in need of food

  Yesterday | via USA Today 

  Philomena Gist understands why it hurts so much to be on food stamps. After all, she's got a master's degree in psychology.

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Social Security

• NAR: Commercial real estate investment drops...

  Friday May 16 | via Inman 

  Commercial real estate conditions are uneven across the country and vary notably in some areas, according to a commercial real estate update and forecast presented in Washington, D.C., this week at the National ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Ohio

• In 'distressed' Northeast Ohio, finding a mortgage may get easier

  Friday May 16 | via Cleveland.com 

  Posted by Teresa Dixon Murray May 16, 2008 18:45PM Qualifying for a mortgage is about to get a little easier in Northeast Ohio.

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  Related Topix: Cleveland Metro, Cleveland Metro, Ohio, Brecksville, OH, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• The Ratings Game: Credit crisis 'far from over' for banks, Oppenheimer says

  5 min ago | via MarketWatch 

  Shares of large-cap U.S. banking stocks traded lower Tuesday after analysts at Oppenheimer & Co.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Housing, Home, Mortgage

• Personal Finance Daily: Today's economic crunch, tomorrow's retirement nightmare

  5 min ago | via MarketWatch 

  Whatever you want to call the economic situation we are in today, and there are plenty of people willing to call it a recession, it is inflicting a lot of damage, a good deal of which will not become evident ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Personal Finance, Retirement

• Senate panel approves homeowner rescue package

  8 min ago | via The York Daily Record 

  A key Senate panel approved a homeowner rescue plan Tuesday to give cheaper, government-backed mortgages to up to 500,000 strapped borrowers.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• For some, downswing has an upside

  Yesterday | via HeraldTribune.com 

  The housing market may be down, but the spirits of some of those who remodel and renovate homes are up.

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  Related Topix: Venice, FL, Home, Home Remodeling, Charlotte County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Real Estate

• Lower-income buyers score higher on credit reports

  Sunday | via Boston Herald 

  That finding, which emerged from a statistical analysis of all approved mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration during fiscal 2007, is now buttressing a forthcoming major policy switch that ...

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