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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

Regional Headlines

• Road Home tax relief OK'd as part of federal housing bill

  7 hrs ago | via NOLA.com 

  Hoping to stretch a safety net under the nation's tumbling housing market, the Senate on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a huge package of legislation that includes a program to save hundreds of thousands of ...

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  Related Topix: Louisiana, Foreclosures

• Congressional Democrats resume Katrina tour

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Mississippi Press 

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday she supports the state's call to extend the timetable for Louisiana to make its $1.8 billion share of payments for levee improvements.

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  Related Topix: Louisiana, Home, Mortgage

• Volunteer with New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Associated Content 

  Years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, there is still much work to be done in the ravaged areas of New Orleans and beyond, and several nonprofit organizations have steadfastly been rebuilding, ...

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  Related Topix: Southern University System, Home, Mortgage, Louisiana

• Louisiana

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Town of Vivian, Louisiana 

  Officially licensed Louisiana State Tigers apparel, merchandise, and gifts. Jerseys, t-shirts, caps, and sweatshirts for men, women, and kids.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA

• Landrieu, Vitter target loan fees

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Times-Picayune 

  Prompted by the intense lobby effort of a local mortgage broker, Louisiana's two senators have authored legislation that could force Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to suspend a new set of fees that could stall the ...

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Louisiana, US Politics, David Vitter, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Republican, Democrat

National Headlines

• Housing rescue passes

  6 min ago | via Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville, Virginia 

  The candidates for the 5th District House seat in the November election differ on the merits of the housing legislation passed by Congress last week.

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

• Banks rally as CEOs hold off on shares

  3 hrs ago | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services

• Mortgage firm rescue bill awaits Bush's OK

  3 hrs ago | via The Clarion-Ledger 

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

• Financing completed for Pa. shopping center

  3 hrs ago | via CourierPostOnline 

  Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has completed a $54 million financing of Paxton Towne Centre in Harrisburg, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Harrisburg, PA, Home, Mortgage

• Local communities sit half-built, fully troubled

  3 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Michael and Judith Van Dress have a lot of privacy and not a lot of competition when they use the brand-new fitness center at their condominium in Concordia.

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  Related Topix: Cape Coral, FL, Housing, Lee County, FL, Naples Metro