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• Beyond the Foreclosure Blame Game

  Wednesday Jun 18 | via Realty Trac 

  Real estate investors are becoming a convenient scapegoat for many looking to assign blame for the recent surge in foreclosures and faltering real estate market.

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

Local Headlines

• Housing crisis may end sooner rather than later

  6 hrs ago | via LA Daily News 

  This real estate market collapse is starting to send signals that it will differ from the last one in one key aspect: It may not last as long.

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  Related Topix: Northridge, CA, Home, Mortgage, Real Estate

• Compounding the pain

  Friday | via Los Angeles Times 

  Three years ago, Donna Robbins tried to use her soaring equity to remodel her house in this Napa Valley community.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Foreclosures, American Canyon, CA

• LA, Miami foreclosures more than double: report

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Reuters 

  NEW YORK - New foreclosures almost quadrupled in Los Angeles and more than doubled in Miami in the second quarter from a year ago, with over $5 billion of mortgages turning sour in LA alone, real estate ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Los Angeles County, CA

• Real Homes of Genius: Today we Salute you Brea. A Home that Shows...

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Dr. Housing Bubble Blog 

  Real Homes of Genius: Today we Salute you Brea. A Home that Shows Each Phase of the California Housing Bubble.

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  Related Topix: Culver City, CA, Beverly Hills, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, Real Estate

• Los Angeles, Miami Foreclosures Double as Up to $5 Billion of Loans Go Bad

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Bloomberg Business News 

  New foreclosures almost quadrupled in Los Angeles and doubled in Miami in the second quarter, with as much as $5 billion worth of loans going bad in L.A. alone, the online real estate data company ...

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  Related Topix: Miami Dade County, FL, Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Good food gives chef satisfaction

  6 hrs ago | via Hattiesburg American 

  Pilgrimages are typically once-in-a-lifetime events. If one is lucky he or she might get to make two or three pilgrimages over the course of their life.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, California

• Builder incentives: Just marketing, or the real deal?

  4 hrs ago | via KCPQ 

  Most new-home buyers find it hard to resist the lure of builder incentives -- paid closing costs, an allowance for free upgrades at the design center or interest-rate buy-downs. But are they really worth it? ...

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  Related Topix: Marketing, California, Foreclosures, Construction, William Lyon Homes, Home Listing, Home

• Another 'gimmick'

  5 hrs ago | via Fresno Bee 

  Governor's lottery plan gains few defenders. There's not much good news at the moment about the state budget -- it's overdue, as usual; there's no sign of agreement anytime soon; no permanent fix is in sight -- ...

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  Related Topix: California, California Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Nontraditional tenants occupy dark stores at malls

  Yesterday | via Journal News 

  Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks.

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  Related Topix: Housing, California, California Government

• Editorial: Securitizing? No thanks

  Yesterday | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

  There's not much good news at the moment about the state budget - it's overdue, as usual; there's no sign of agreement anytime soon; no permanent fix is in sight - but there is one bright spot.

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  Related Topix: California, California Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

National Headlines

• Presidential candidates' housing plans at a glance

  5 min ago | via KansasCity.com 

  Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama envision the Federal Housing Administration backing new, cheaper mortgages for distressed homeowners who otherwise would have difficulty refinancing into ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Ask the Biz Brain

  5 min ago | via The Jersey Journal 

  I purchased a television this weekend, and the store was offering a 12-month, no- interest deal if I applied for one of its credit cards.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda

  6 min ago | via News Observer 

  Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Healthcare Law, Law, Washington, DC

• Register this week for Tools for School Program

  9 min ago | via WANE-TV Fort Wayne 

  The Salvation Army's Tools for School Program assists families in need by providing school supplies such as book bags, calculators, and other items for children in grades K-12. These necessary items are all ...

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  Related Topix: US Military, Brooke Army Medical Center, uS Army, United States Military Academy, Fort Lee, Fort Devens, Home, Mortgage

• Congress begins final summer push

  29 min ago | via The Boston Globe 

  In this May 28, 2008 file photo, job seekers wait on line stretching around a block to attend the Monster.com and National Career Fairs job fair in New York, Wednesday May 28 , 2008.

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  Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, Foreclosures, Washington, DC