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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 7 Percent in May

  Jun 13, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  ' June 13, 2008 - ' RealtyTrac , the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its May 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report , which shows foreclosure filings - ' default notices, ...

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Local Headlines

• Telect eliminates 26 Liberty Lake jobs

  11 hrs ago | via The Spokesman-Review 

  Telect Inc. has eliminated 47 positions at its North American plants and will sell its operations in Poland, President Wayne Williams said Friday.

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  Related Topix: Liberty Lake, WA, Guadalajara, Mexico, Mexico, Jalisco, Mexico, Electronics, Housing

• Hammerle: Don't forget to read the fine print

  Monday Jul 21 | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  Who knew that sitting on top of the Barnett Shale could be so complicated? Virginia Hammerle When strangers offer to pay you cash - thousands of dollars - just for signing a one-page agreement allowing them to ...

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• Defunct mortgage bank accused of diverting funds

  Mar 10, 2008 | via Dallas Business Journal 

  In the 30 days before Maverick Residential Mortgage closed its doors for good, the Plano-based lender twice took money intended to fund a series of loans and used it to cover its payroll and other expenses, ...

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  Related Topix: Collin County, TX, Plano, TX, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Fewer homes up for auction

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  The latest report on residential foreclosures is a bit of a mixed bag. While foreclosures listed for July auction are up 59 percent compared to the same time last year, the number of residential postings is the ...

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  Related Topix: Denton, TX, Foreclosures, Denton County, TX, Dallas, TX, Dallas Metro

• Fort Worth appraiser pleads guilty in mortgage-fraud scheme

  Jun 2, 2008 | via Dallas Business Journal 

  Dallas Business Journal - by Jeff Bounds Senior Writer A Fort Worth real estate appraiser is one of two individuals who have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from an alleged mortgage-fraud scheme that ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Fort Worth Metro, Mortgage, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Plano, TX

Regional Headlines

• Central Texas home sales decreasing due to hard economic times

  8 hrs ago | via KCEN 

  Updated: Jul 25, 2008 7:07pm New home sales have hit a nationwide low dropping 33-percent since last year and Central Texas is no exception to the trend.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Foreclosures

• Forbes names Austin area No. 2 city in nation for buying a new home

  14 hrs ago | via Hill Country News 

  Texas continues to shine like the lone star it is when it comes to building new homes.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Home, Mortgage, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

• Edwards Visits ACORN

  Yesterday | via Houtopia 

  Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a very interesting roundtable discussion at ACORN's new digs in Midtown, an event headlined by former U.S. Senator, presidential, and vice presidential candidate John ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  Thursday | via Mexia Daily News 

  Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...

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  Related Topix: Mexia, TX, Home, Mortgage, Texas

• East Texas Housing Market Strong

  Wednesday | via KLTV Tyler 

  A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Senate Close to Passing Housing Aid

  14 min ago | via ABC News 

  Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in... 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, US News, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• National City posts big loss; other banks report increases

  14 min ago | via KPC Media Group, Inc. 

  Cleveland-based National City Corp. Thursday reported a net loss of $1.8 billion for the second quarter ended June 30 compared to a net loss $347 million in the prior-year period.

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• U.S. Senate seen backing housing bill, Bush to sign

  15 min ago | via WNED.org 

  The U.S. Senate was expected to approve a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday and President George W. Bush was ready to sign it soon, amid questions about how much it will help.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• New home sales fall but stronger than expected

  1 hr ago | via WNED.org 

  Sales of newly constructed U.S. single-family homes were stronger than expected in June, and inventories shrank to three-and-a-half-year low, a government report showed on Friday, providing a glimmer of hope ...

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• Investors move into banks on pledge to not issue flood of new shares, not signs crisis over

  1 hr ago | via Newsday.com 

  But, amid the many gyrations in the sector's stocks over the past week or so was a 27 percent pop in Wachovia Corp.

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