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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

• Ariz. ranks among worst states for foreclosures

  15 hrs ago | via East Valley Tribune 

  The number of Arizonans facing the possible loss of their homes continued mounting in the second quarter as one in every 70 households received a foreclosure filing, according to the latest data from ...

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• Family reunion, followed by 'Family Feud'

  Wednesday | via Scottsdale Tribune 

  Donya Sherman's appearance on the syndicated game show "Family Feud" was a truly special family affair.

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• Arizona construction projects capture Golden Nugget awards

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Residential Real Estate 

  Four residential real estate projects involving Valley companies took home top honors from the annual Gold Nugget awards program June 26 in San Francisco.

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• Advice by Kenneth Harney : Congress weighs licensing system for mortgage lending industry

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Arizona Daily Star 

  ' Should your mortgage loan officer have fingerprints on file in a national electronic database, even if he or she has never been convicted of a crime? Should you be able to go to a Web site to check out your ...

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• AZ Senate OKs bill on licensing of loan workers

  Thursday Jun 26 | via KTAR / Local / Stories 

  The Arizona Senate early Thursday approved legislation to require state licensing of mortgage loan workers, sending the long-stalled bill to Gov.

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National Headlines

• Week ends with some upbeat economic news

  6 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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• Many brokers risk loss of license

  6 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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• FOCUS: Bank-run scenes create concerns

  7 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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• Foreclosures Surge in Chicago

  8 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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• Bailout measure rewards failure

  9 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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