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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Jun 15, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  " May 14, 2008 - " RealtyTrac , the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its April 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market ReportTM, which shows foreclosure filings - default notices, ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Foreclosures, Vallejo Metro, California

Local Headlines

• Out-of-state homeowners add to foreclosure woes

  4 hrs ago | via Austin American-Statesman 

  A few years ago, investors from California and other boom markets flocked to Central Texas, looking for homes to buy.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Round Rock, TX, San Antonio, TX, Williamson County, TX

• Foreclosure rates here lower than many areas

  Saturday Jul 19 | via San Marcos Daily Record 

  Properties scheduled for foreclosure in August continued their climb in most Central Texas counties tracked by Foreclosure Listing Service, Inc., but Hays fared better than several.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Travis County, TX, Hays, TX, Williamson County, TX, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

• Austin Area Foreclosures Rising

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Housing Doom 

  While " all real estate is local ", some problems are popping up all over. In spite of its reputation as one of the nation's "better" housing markets, foreclosures are reaching new heights in Austin, TX: In ...

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  Related Topix: Austin, TX, Travis County, TX, Foreclosures, Williamson County, TX

• Foreclosure data reveal troubling trend

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Austin American-Statesman 

  In more evidence that the national housing troubles are hitting Central Texas, one of every 133 homes in Travis County was posted for foreclosure in the first six months of the year - compared with one in 265 ...

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  Related Topix: Williamson County, TX, Travis County, TX, Foreclosures

• Lender Clears Out Possessions Of Home Not In Foreclosure

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Housing Doom 

  A Nigerian couple who are victims of a mortgage mix-up filed a lawsuit Monday in Williamson County [Texas] against the company that removed everything they owned from the house, including family heirlooms, ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Williamson County, TX, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Central Texas home sales decreasing due to hard economic times

  9 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

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

  11 min ago | via Reuters 

  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, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Two candidates for state Legislature have been sued for debts

  12 min ago | via Kansas.com 

  Two Wichita women running for seats in the Kansas Legislature have been sued for debts worth thousands of dollars apiece, according to Sedgwick County District Court documents.

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  Related Topix: Sedgwick County, KS, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, Wichita Metro, Wichita, KS

• Dreier, Miller back housing legislation

  13 min ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outs of San Gabriel Valley-area politics and city government.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Diamond Bar, CA, San Gabriel, CA, US Politics, US News, David Dreier, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gary Miller, Foreclosures

• Banks rally as CEOs hold off on issuing shares

  13 min ago | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  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

• Senate close to passing housing aid

  14 min ago | via The Boston Globe 

  Homeowners struggling to make their house payments could get government mortgage relief under a rescue plan that seeks to revive the chaotic housing market and help reverse the economic downturn.

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