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• Foreclosure Activity Increases 4 Percent in April

  Tuesday May 13 | via Realty Trac 

  Foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 243,353 properties, a 4 percent increase from the previous month and a nearly 65 percent increase from April ...

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  Related Topix: Vallejo, CA, Vallejo Metro, Foreclosures

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• A Foreclosure Bargain for Their "Forever House"

  Wednesday May 14 | via Realty Trac 

  Karen Krynen saw an opportunity. Nestled at the top of a hill with a long private driveway, the bank-owned property sitting on a huge 40,946 square foot lot was exactly what she was looking for.

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  Related Topix: La Habra Heights, CA, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home

• Cooler economy, Hotter Competition

  Mar 21, 2008 | via Spokane Journal of Business 

  Mountain West President and CEO John Hipper says that achieving double-digit growth in earnings and assets this year, as the bank did last year, will be difficult.

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  Related Topix: Kootenai County, ID, Boundary County, ID, Housing, Real Estate, Ketchum, ID, Coeur d'Alene, ID

• Thursday's Small-Cap Winners & Losers

  Feb 1, 2008 | via TheStreet.com 

  First Small-cap stocks got walloped along with the broader market Thursday as mortgage concerns sent several stocks deep into the red.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Sandpoint, ID, Financial Markets, Coldwater Creek, Retail, Apparel

• Idaho panel backs real estate sales price disclosure

  Feb 20, 2008 | via Oregonlive.com 

  Property buyers would be forced to tell Idaho's county assessors what they paid for residential real estate under a bill passed today by a Senate committee.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Sandpoint, ID, Real Estate

• N. Idaho officials want property prices revealed

  Feb 4, 2008 | via Times-News 

  SANDPOINT, Idaho - Officials in northern Idaho's Bonner County say they will push for an ordinance that compels landowners to reveal what they paid for their property if they can't get that information through ...

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  Related Topix: Sandpoint, ID, Bonner County, ID, Kootenai County, ID, Real Estate

• Payday loan regulations need to be tightened

  Jan 29, 2008 | via Bonner Co. Daily Bee 

  Idahoans are renowned for a "live and let live" attitude when it comes to their neighbors.

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  Related Topix: Sandpoint, ID, Dover, ID, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• There's Not Enough Buyers Out There

  16 hrs ago | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  A report from the Idaho Statesman. "There was some good news for the Treasure Valley housing industry in April, but not enough to offset the bad news in industry figures.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Idaho, Home Selling, Home Listing

• Idaho Congressman Votes Against Federal Housing Bailout Proposal

  Friday May 9 | via KBOI-AM Boise 

  First District Congressman Bill Sali says he voted against the 300-billion dollar housing bailout pushed by democrats to help struggling homeowners pay their mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Idaho Government, Idaho, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Boise Cascade Holdings Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

  Thursday May 8 | via Canada NewsWire 

  BOISE, Idaho, May 8 /CNW/ -- Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C. today announced the successful completion of a number of milestone events since the beginning of the year: > BC Holdings reported a net loss of $24 ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Housing, Idaho, Construction, Paper, Boise Cascade

• Statewide sales tax receipts down in Idaho

  Mar 18, 2008 | via The Oregonian 

  Posted by The Associated Press March 18, 2008 20:31PM Categories: Breaking News TWIN FALLS -- Idaho residents last month cut back on purchases, reducing state sales tax revenue, officials said.

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  Related Topix: Twin Falls, ID, Idaho, Housing, Foreclosures

• Credit Suisse seeks foreclosure of Idaho's Tamarack Resort

  Mar 12, 2008 | via KGW-TV Portland 

  Major investment bank Credit Suisse is suing Tamarack Resort, contending the resort defaulted on a $250 million loan.

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  Related Topix: Idaho, Foreclosures

• Kenneth Harney: FHA shifts to risk-based system of insurance

  7 min ago | via Arizona Daily Star 

  ' Which of these two have better credit scores on average - ' home buyers with higher or lower incomes? Inside the country's fastest-growing home-mortgage program, the surprising answer is: People with lower ...

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

• Funding shadows

  8 min ago | via Peter Black AM 

  The Times reports that eleven Tory shadow cabinet ministers have benefited from secret and previously unregistered donations from wealthy backers.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Fannie cuts down-payment rule to 3 percent to aid ailing market

  8 min ago | via Arizona Daily Star 

  By relaxing down-payment requirements for borrowers in markets where home prices are falling, Fannie Mae aims to both resuscitate the flagging housing market and respond to pressure from industry groups, ...

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  Related Topix: McLean, VA, Foreclosures, Housing, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Alexandria, VA, Home, Mortgage

• Wall Street may get best indicators yet about recession or economic recovery as summer begins

  2 hrs ago | via StarTribune 

  After nine months of turmoil that started with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, Wall Street appears to be at a turning point of sorts.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Housing, Financial Markets

• In the News: Toll-free hot line answers foreclosure questions

  Yesterday | via News Press 

  The Home Ownership Resource Center and various federal, state, local and non-profit community agencies will provide financial counseling via a toll-free hot line.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lee County, FL, Foreclosures, Florida, Fort Myers, FL, Fort Myers Metro