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• Indiana Foreclosure Activity Up 50 Percent in January

  Feb 25, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  Indiana reported 5,552 foreclosure filings in January, a 50 percent increase from the previous month and up 48 percent from January 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.

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  Related Topix: Elkhart County, IN, Indiana, Foreclosures

Local Headlines

• New Single-Family Home Sales Drop 40.3% from May 2007; Prices Dip, Inventory of Unsold Houses Increases

  Thursday Jun 26 | via Huntington News 

  June 26, 2008 New Single-Family Home Sales Drop 40.3% from May 2007; Prices Dip, Inventory of Unsold Houses Increases By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Real Estate Writer Sales of new single-family houses ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Point Pleasant, WV

• Indianapolis is still nation's most affordable city

  May 21, 2008 | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  Indianapolis maintained its standing as the most affordable major U.S. housing market for the 11th consecutive time in the first quarter of 2008, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Boardman, OH

• Housing market still flat

  Apr 17, 2008 | via RealBlog 

  Tuesday and Wednesday brought more mixed news and another mixed blessing for the housing market.

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

• Builder Confidence Not Building

  Mar 19, 2008 | via Matrix 

  The Commerce Department released its new residential construction stats and starts are down 28.4% below last year and permits are down 36.5%. This is consistent with the NAHB Builder Confidence stats released ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Point Pleasant, WV

• Single-family housing starts nose dives in February while multifamily grew stronger

  Mar 18, 2008 | via Axcessnews.com 

  New York - Single-family housing starts in the U.S. nose dived in February, down 6.7 percent.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Point Pleasant, WV

Regional Headlines

• W.Va. will pay for others' errors

  Apr 1, 2008 | via Weirton Daily Times 

  There may be a "subprime mortgage crisis" in much of the United States - but not much of it is being seen here in West Virginia, where few home buyers or mortgage lenders seem to have succumbed to the ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Virginia, West Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Since Tavis lifted our thing with his State of the Black Union...

  Mar 6, 2008 | via Prometheus 6 

  Report Details Black Women's Challenges By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer 4:11 AM EST, March 5, 2008 NEW YORK This is a triumphant time for black women: Condoleezza Rice in the global diplomatic spotlight, ...

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, African-American, Foreclosures

• Plan set to help housing market

  Feb 25, 2008 | via The Times West Virginian 

  Through a new economic stimulus plan, the West Virginia Housing Development Fund is taking measures to keep the housing market stable and boost the industry.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, Foreclosures

• State Investment Board Pleased with Its Performance

  Jan 17, 2008 | via The State Journal 

  West Virginia's Investment Management Board seems to be weathering the storm well.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Retirement, Financial Markets

• Governor: Give privatized workers' comp more time

  Jan 5, 2008 | via Register-herald.com 

  Critics of West Virginia's new privatized workers' compensation system need to retreat for two years and give it time to work before any serious tinkering is considered, Gov.

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  Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

National Headlines

• Senate Close to Passing Housing Aid

  16 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

  16 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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  Related Topix: National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage

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

  17 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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  Related Topix: Housing

• 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