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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

• Local real estate market remains healthy, strong

  Jan 17, 2008 | via The Clark Fork Chronicle 

  Reports of increased foreclosures and falling home prices seem to headline every news segment.

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  Related Topix: Alberton, MT, Superior, MT, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Helping companies - absolutely right'

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Register-herald.com 

  Tossing a life-saving raft out to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, struggling to stay afloat in a sea of red ink, is an idea backed by some members of West Virginia's congressional delegation.

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Small Business, Personal Finance

• Housing authority celebrates its 50 years

  Saturday Jul 12 | via The Times West Virginian 

  For 50 years, the Fairmont Housing Authority has been providing decent, affordable homes and financing for low- to moderate-income individuals in two cities and four counties across the region.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, Home, Mortgage

• Court Strips West Va. Bank Executive of Punitive Damages Award

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Insurance Journal West 

  A West Virginia man who says his association with the failed First National Bank of Keystone cost him his banking career should be stripped of a $2.4 million damage award, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, US News, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Financial Services, Accounting, Home, Mortgage

• Thumbs - Saturday, June 28, 2008

  Friday Jun 27 | via Register-herald.com 

  Thumbs up ... to William "Sarge" McGhee, whose talents are exhibited across Mullens in the numerous murals depicting life in the once-bustling railroad town.

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  Related Topix: Mullens, WV, West Virginia, Beckley, WV, Fayette County, WV, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  2 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

  2 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

  3 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

  3 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

  3 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