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• Online Auctions: Good Sense for Buyers and Sellers

  Thursday May 8 | via Realty Trac 

  It's no secret that more people are buying more products through online auctions, and real estate is no exception.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

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• Washington Profits From Foreclosures

  Monday Apr 28 | via Realty Trac 

  There's a new initiative on the table in Washington, one that could do a lot to reduce foreclosures nationwide while actually generating a profit for Uncle Sam.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Hearing set on JoCo budget gap of $14 million

  Friday May 2 | via Kansas City Star 

  A preliminary Johnson County budget hearing is scheduled for one day in May.But government number crunchers are more likely to be yelling "Mayday, Mayday Mayday" as revenues nosedive in a subprime ...

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  Related Topix: Johnson County, KS, Mortgage, Home

• Blue Valley Ban Corp. Reports First Quarter 2008 Earnings

  Friday Apr 25 | via Earth Times 

  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Blue Valley Ban Corp. today announced net income of $630,000, or fully diluted earnings per share of $0.26 per share, for the first quarter of 2008, compared to net income of $1.2 million ...

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  Related Topix: Overland Park, KS, Park, KS, Banking, Financial Services, Real Estate, Johnson County, KS, Home, Mortgage

• Kansas Mortgage Loan Officer Charged with Wire Fraud

  Mar 31, 2008 | via Federal Bureau of Investigation 

  KANSAS CITY, KAN. James K. Lamm, 42, Olathe, Kan., is charged with eight counts of wire fraud.

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  Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Olathe, KS, Home, Mortgage

• Cedar Creek: Two choices for estate homes

  Mar 29, 2008 | via www.kansascity.com Real Estate 

  Home prices are from $750,000 to $3 million. Approved builders include Kirk Cornelius and B.L. Rieke Associates Inc.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Johnson County, KS, Olathe, KS

• Federal Wire Fraud Charges Filed Against Online Mortgage Loan Officer

  Mar 28, 2008 | via Kansas City InfoZine 

  Friday, March 28, 2008 :: infoZine Staff Accused of fraudulently inflating real estate appraisals Kansas City, KS - infoZine - James K. Lamm, 42, Olathe, Kan., is charged with eight counts of wire fraud.

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  Related Topix: Olathe, KS, Home, Mortgage

• Students' financial literacy examined

  Wednesday May 14 | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  Bill Wagnon, chairman of Kansas State Board of Education, remembers watching fellow board member Carol Rupe teach a gathering of students about thriftiness.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Kansas, Education Etc.

• Banks sue ex-owner of Pennypower over loans

  Wednesday May 7 | via Kansas.com 

  Lin Harris, owner of the now-defunct Pennypower, is being sued by a bank for more than $330,000 in missed mortgage payments.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Kansas Government, Kansas

• Survey: Midwestern economy relatively strong

  Thursday May 1 | via Topeka Capital-Journal 

  A survey of business executives in nine Midwestern and Plains states suggests their state economies are humming right along despite wholesale inflationary pressures.

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  Related Topix: Kansas, Mortgage, Home

• Steve Penn: Jackson should give Jeremiah Wright some lessons

  Wednesday Apr 30 | via Kansas City Star 

  Questioning and challenging America’s policies while remaining patriotic and hopeful.It’s a fine line that ministers, especially in black churches, walk every Sunday.How does a black minister ...

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  Related Topix: Kansas, George Bush, Foreclosures

• Western Kansas Rides Wave of Prosperity

  Friday Apr 25 | via National Public Radio 

  While bad economic trends sweep most of the nation, there's one place where things are booming: western Kansas.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Kansas Government, Kansas, Agriculture, Science

• Money

  6 min ago | via KJCT 

  Can You Pass the Home-Buyer's Fiscal Fitness Test? Tumbling home prices may seem to offer bargains, but they also raise real concerns about the value of real estate.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate

• Pounding the plastic not so fantastic

  8 min ago | via The New Zealand Herald 

  View as a single page 5:00AM Sunday May 18, 2008 By Andrea Milner Kiwis are awash with debt to the tune of $12.669 billion, but the tightened credit environment hasn't affected the readiness of credit and store ...

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Home, Mortgage

• Who Has the Better Credit Score?

  8 min ago | via Tucson Real Estate in the News 

  Local Post Tags: credit scores , FICO This was a question posed: "Which of these two have better credit scores on average - home buyers with higher or lower incomes?" Great question, wonder why it took so long ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Lawmakers pass bill to block foreclosures

  1 hr ago | via StarTribune 

  I pay my bills on time and didn't buy more house than I can afford. Can the state please help me too? It would sure be nice if my

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• 'Country Joe' still building homes as industry slumps

  11 min ago | via Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 

  Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Sam Black Staff Writer Joe Miller, a residential home builder in Lakeville, leaves pizzas in the freezers of every homes he sells.

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  Related Topix: Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Pies, Home Building, Home, Housing