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• Help Programs Expands, But Foreclosure Levels Remain Steady

  Mar 4, 2008 | via Realty Trac 

  You could hardly miss the attention given to the latest figures from Hope Now, the all-volunteer effort to rescue homeowners facing foreclosure.

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

Local Headlines

• Montgomery County Homeowners Are Facing More Housing Foreclosures

  Thursday | via WMAL-AM Washington 

  A new report from the George Mason University Center for Regional Analysis shows the Washington area has one of the fastest-growing foreclosure rates in the country and the number of people losing their homes ...

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, Foreclosures, Germantown, MD

• News Summary - 7/16

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Daily Record 

  CoStar sees earnings surge CoStar Group Inc., of Bethesda, posted the highest second-quarter earnings in its history, and said it anticipates even stronger results in the third quarter.

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  Related Topix: Bethesda, MD, Real Estate, Montgomery County, MD

• Surviving the Miami Valley Money Crunch

  Jun 23, 2008 | via WHIOTV 

  Few will disagree that our economy is in crisis right now. The price for a gallon of regular gas has climbed to more than four dollars a gallon in many places and food prices have skyrocketed as well.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Montgomery County, OH, Home, Mortgage

• Montgomery County helps residents in housing crunch

  Jun 21, 2008 | via WTOP 

  To confront the rising foreclosures affecting the region, more than 90 community agencies and officials in Montgomery County held a fair to guide anxious homeowners.

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  Related Topix: Germantown, OH, Foreclosures, Montgomery County, OH, Home, Mortgage

• Property values declining

  Jun 21, 2008 | via Dayton Daily News 

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  Related Topix: Wedding, Dayton, OH, Housing, Montgomery County, OH

Regional Headlines

• Prince William Co. Homeowners Get Help To Avoid Foreclosure

  Jun 1, 2007 | via WRC Washington DC Channel 4 

  Homeowners in Prince William County, one of the areas hardest hit by foreclosures, are seeking help to hold on to their homes, but experts say the crisis isn't over yet.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Ohio

• Housing bill clears test, foreclosure halt asked

  10 hrs ago | via The Washington Post 

  Housing market rescue legislation cleared a procedural test vote in the U.S. Senate on Friday ahead of final passage expected on Saturday, and lawmakers asked banks to suspend further foreclosures until a new ...

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Homes in foreclosure nationally doubled in 2nd quarter; Ohio ranks 6th

  16 hrs ago | via Columbus Dispatch 

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

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Housing, Foreclosures

• U.S. home sales fall to lowest in decade

  18 hrs ago | via StarNewsOnline.com 

  Washington Sales of existing homes tumbled more sharply than expected in June, pushing activity nationally to the lowest level in more than a decade.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Ohio, Foreclosures

• Central Ohio foreclosure filings jump 40% in 2Q

  Monday Jul 21 | via Business First of Columbus 

  Metropolitan Columbus turned in one of the 50 highest housing foreclosure rates in the nation in the second quarter, but it fared better than most other cities in the state, RealtyTrac reported Friday.

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National Headlines

• Week ends with some upbeat economic news

  8 min ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half bad.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures

• Many brokers risk loss of license

  8 min ago | via Indianapolis Star 

  Indiana's secretary of state warned mortgage brokers earlier this month that they would lose their licenses if they didn't pass a state- required test by Aug.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• FOCUS: Bank-run scenes create concerns

  9 min ago | via IBJ.COM 

  It was a scary scene, reminiscent of the Great Depression: Customers lined up outside California's IndyMac Bank branches to withdraw deposits after a bank run led to the bank's failure.

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  Related Topix: Evansville, IN, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Foreclosures Surge in Chicago

  10 min ago | via Chicago Sun-Times 

  Chicago ranks No. 35 on the list of the top 100 metropolitan areas with households facing or in foreclosure, as homeowners cope with a perfect storm of a weak housing market, declining home values, a rough ...

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  Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Foreclosures

• Bailout measure rewards failure

  11 min ago | via The Waterbury Connecticut Republican 

  The Federal Reserve is the latest agency to inject itself into the subprime-mortgage-industry meltdown with back-to-the-future rules intended to protect home buyers from "shady lending practices." They include ...

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