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• High-End Foreclosures Rising Among Top Tier Homes

  Monday Jun 30 | via Realty Trac 

  Until now, the foreclosure crisis was confined to a narrow niche of middle-class urban communities and outer-rim new housing developments where first-time homeowners and real estate speculators benefited ...

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Local Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Yesterday | via WTOP 

  Frederick County might step in to help alleviate the housing crisis. Next week, the Frederick County Commissioners plan to discuss a new law to prevent overgrown lawns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Maryland

• Foreclosure rules take effect Wednesday

  Yesterday | via Daily Record 

  New foreclosure-procedure rules go into effect Wednesday that require lenders to provide direct notice to delinquent homeowners before taking possession of and selling their homes.

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• Foreclosure in court

  Tuesday | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Maryland's highest court will convene today for a hearing on changes to foreclosure rules that would conform with new legislation that gives homeowners more notification and a longer waiting period before their ... 11 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• The Daily Dose: Monday

  Monday Jul 21 | via SNL Financial 

  Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust, announced that the company's total amount distributable for the quarter was S$22.6 million, an increase of 28.2% from S$17.7 ...

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• An economic prescription

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Reading recent headlines, it might be easy to conclude that the economy is in a death spiral. 21 comments

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National Headlines

• The slump persists: Home sales tumble across US

  3 min ago | via KVEW 

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

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

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  3 min ago | via International Herald Tribune 

  A U.S. geological agency unveiled the largest-ever survey of petroleum resources north of the Arctic Circle.

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• Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall

  4 min ago | via KVEW 

  Stocks skidded lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales wiped away some of the market's optimism about upbeat earnings reports.

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• Home sales at 10-year low, jobless claims jump

  4 min ago | via Reuters 

  Jobless claims jumped and the pace of existing home sales tumbled to a 10-year low as slowing growth hit hiring and a glut of unsold houses weighed on real estate, data released on Thursday showed.

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• Daytona Beach area home sales, prices slide again in June

  4 min ago | via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online 

  Existing home sales in the Daytona Beach area slipped 13 percent in June, when compared to the same period last year, while prices slid another 14 percent, the Florida Association of Realtors reported today.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Housing, Real Estate