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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

• Homes sell; prices plunge in Lee County

  Yesterday | via News Press 

  Lee County real estate agents sold slightly more homes in the first half of this year than a year ago - but the future's uncertain for the rest of the year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Cape Coral, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL, Florida

• Southwest Floridians taking their medicine

  Sunday Jul 20 | via News Press 

  Tighten your belts. Don't scrap a diversified investment portfolio. Got a job? Keep it if you can.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Foreclosures, Lee County, FL, Fort Myers, FL

• Real estate newsmakers

  Sunday Jul 20 | via News Press 

  Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Brownyard relocated to Houston, Texas, where she was in the insurance business.

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  Related Topix: Northeastern University, Housing, Cape Coral, FL, Sanibel, FL

• Foreclosure Relief From the Government?

  Sunday Jul 13 | via FOX 4 Florida 

  Being #1 is usually a good thing, but not when it comes to foreclosures. As you may already know, Lee County is #1 in the nation for foreclosures, and many homeowners are desperately looking for help.

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  Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, US News

• Southwest Florida Business Briefs: July 7, 2008

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Naples Daily News 

  Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Director Jason Korn has been appointed to serve on the Florida Bar Association Professional Ethics Committee.

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  Related Topix: Estero, FL, Housing, Pelican Bay, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL

Regional Headlines

• House Swaping

  8 hrs ago | via WSVN-TV Miami Beach 

  In the movie the Holiday, two women on opposite sides of the globe meet online and end up swapping homes for vacation.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Real Estate

• Housing woes still stinging banks

  6 hrs ago | via Palm Beach Post 

  The troubled Florida real estate market is continuing to cause major losses for in-state and out-of-state banks, earnings reports showed this week.

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  Related Topix: Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, Banking, Financial Services, Real Estate, Housing, Florida

• Fitch Rates Florida Forever $156.7MM Rev Bonds 'A+'

  11 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  Fitch has also affirmed the 'A+' rating of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's approximately $2.5 billion outstanding Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever bonds, $200 million of outstanding ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Florida, Florida Government, Mortgage

• Stats show mortgage delinquencies still rising in S. Florida

  13 hrs ago | via McClatchy DC 

  The number of South Florida homeowners behind on their mortgages nearly doubled in June compared to a year ago, as home prices continued a precipitous decline and interest rates this week reached their highest ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Florida fourth in foreclosure rate

  18 hrs ago | via Jacksonville Business Journal 

  Florida again had the fourth highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter and the second highest total of any state, according to data released by RealtyTrac Inc.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Jacksonville Metro, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL

National Headlines

• New home sales fall, but less than expected

  9 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the decline was less than had been expected, raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be ...

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

• Death-Squad Boss Guilty of Fraud

  9 min ago | via New York Post 

  A former Haitian death-squad leader who murdered and tortured political enemies in the early 1990s was convicted in Brooklyn yesterday of far less sinister crimes - ripping off loan providers in a ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Foreclosure filings double in 2Q

  9 min ago | via Daily Herald 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Housing, Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Maxine Waters

• "Beazer gave them $100,000 cash, paid their mortgage off and...

  13 min ago | via Housing Doom 

  You just can't help some people. The 2005 " Extreme Makeover " home has gone into foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Construction, Beazer Homes USA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Sterling Gets Back to Strong Suit

  15 min ago | via GlobeSt.com 

  Sterling American Property Inc. caught the local commercial real estate market by surprise when it purchased Park Tower, the city's oldest skyscraper, for $50 million in January 2006.

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  Related Topix: University of South Florida, Home, Mortgage, University of Florida