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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

• Frederick County eyes ban on shaggy lawns Posted

  Yesterday | via Carroll Co. Times 

  Rising foreclosures are prompting the Frederick County Commissioners to consider an ordinance requiring property owners to maintain their lawns.

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  Related Topix: Frederick County, MD, Foreclosures, Frederick, MD

• Lanvale Forest

  Saturday Jul 5 | via StarNewsOnline.com 

  Published: Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. Seated on their new wicker sofa on the screened porch of their new home at Lanvale Forest, Joe and Cathy ...

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing, Brunswick County, NC, Wrightsville Beach, NC

• A Growing Problem: Overgrown Lawns At Foreclosed Homes

  Jun 2, 2008 | via WHAG 

  The number of foreclosures has skyrocketed around Maryland, jumping a whopping 40 percent between April and May.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Frederick, MD

• Housing market is 'painful for all parties involved'

  May 26, 2008 | via Herald-Mail 

  Amid the toughest economy seen in quite awhile, at least seven or eight new houses have been sold this year in Kensington Villas, estimates Mary Anne Kowalewski.

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  Related Topix: Hagerstown, MD, Hagerstown Metro, Kensington, MD, Frederick County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Home, Mortgage

• Smaller size makes houses more affordable

  May 25, 2008 | via Herald-Mail 

  By ARNOLD S. PLATOU Amid the toughest economy seen in quite awhile, at least seven or eight new houses have been sold this year in Kensington Villas, estimates Mary Anne Kowalewski.

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  Related Topix: Hagerstown, MD, Hagerstown Metro, Kensington, MD, Frederick County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Yesterday | via WTOP 

  Frederick County might step in to help alleviate the housing crisis. Next week, the Frederick County Commissioners plan to discuss a new law to prevent overgrown lawns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Maryland

• Foreclosure rules take effect Wednesday

  Yesterday | via Daily Record 

  New foreclosure-procedure rules go into effect Wednesday that require lenders to provide direct notice to delinquent homeowners before taking possession of and selling their homes.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures

• Foreclosure in court

  Tuesday | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Maryland's highest court will convene today for a hearing on changes to foreclosure rules that would conform with new legislation that gives homeowners more notification and a longer waiting period before their ... 11 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• The Daily Dose: Monday

  Monday Jul 21 | via SNL Financial 

  Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust, announced that the company's total amount distributable for the quarter was S$22.6 million, an increase of 28.2% from S$17.7 ...

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  Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Maryland, Real Estate

• An economic prescription

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Reading recent headlines, it might be easy to conclude that the economy is in a death spiral. 21 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Weather, Housing, Opinion

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  1 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

  1 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

  1 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

  2 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

  2 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