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• Crapshoot on the Courthouse Steps

  May 26, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  Monday through Friday, usually around two in the afternoon, a small group of people - ' mostly men in shorts, T-shirts and sneakers - ' assemble around the steps of the Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana, ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Orange County, CA, Santa Ana, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County Metro, Irvine, CA

Local Headlines

• County Foreclosures Triple Last Year

  15 hrs ago | via 970 & 1140 K-News 

  Submitted by knews on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 09:41. The number of second quarter foreclosure filings in Riverside County nearly tripled compared to the same period in 2007.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Riverside County, CA, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Second quarter Riverside County foreclosure filings up

  Yesterday | via Desert Sun 

  The number of second quarter foreclosure filings in Riverside County nearly tripled compared to the same period in 2007, a real estate tracking firm reported today.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Riverside County, CA, Irvine, CA, Foreclosures

• CALIFORNIA: Foreclosures soar to 20-year high

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Californian 

  Foreclosures in California soared in the second quarter to the highest level in at least 20 years, as many homeowners who bought at the height of the housing boom were unable to make mortgage payments, a real ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Riverside County, CA, Housing

• Increase in home mortgage defaults slows

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via The Press-Enterprise 

  Home mortgage defaults in California increased less dramatically in the second quarter of 2008 than in the first quarter and Riverside County even saw a quarter-to-quarter leveling off in default notices, the ...

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  Related Topix: Riverside County, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, San Bernardino County, CA

• : Foreclosures triple in SB County

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via San Bernardino County Sun 

  A report released today said home foreclosures soared in the second quarter of this year, tripling in San Bernardino County and more than doubling in Riverside County when compared to the same period in 2007.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, San Bernardino County, CA, Riverside County, CA, Mortgage, Home

Regional Headlines

• Median home prices fall by 6.1% in county

  12 min ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Los Angeles County's median home price fell 6.1 percent last month to $396,560 and was off a record 32.3 percent from a year earlier, the California Association of Realtors reported Friday.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Real Estate, California, San Gabriel, CA, Hacienda Heights, CA

• L.A. home sales up 1.7% in June

  7 hrs ago | via Daily Breeze 

  Home sales rose 1.7 percent in the Los Angeles area in June, compared with the same period a year ago, while the median home price fell 32.3 percent to $396,560, according to figures released today.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Housing, California, Orange County Metro

• East West impacted by housing crisis

  8 hrs ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  East West Bancorp, Inc. on Friday reported a $25.9 million loss for the second quarter, the bank's first shortfall since 1981.

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  Related Topix: California, Home, Mortgage, Financial Services, IndyMac Bancorp, Banking, East West Bancorp

• Second quarter foreclosures up 121%

  13 hrs ago | via San Jose Business Journal 

  Foreclosure filings were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties during the second quarter, nearly 14 percent up from the previous quarter and 121 percent higher than the year-ago quarter, according to a report ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California, Stockton Metro, San Bernardino, CA, Bakersfield Metro, Bakersfield, CA

• Home sales up, inventory index down statewide

  14 hrs ago | via Sacramento Business Journal 

  As sales increased 17.5 percent in June, the unsold inventory index for existing homes in California during the month dropped to 7.7 months from 10.2 months for the same period a year ago, according to a report ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, California, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento Metro

National Headlines

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

  6 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

  7 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

  8 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

  8 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

  9 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