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$38M to turn tide of foreclosure in Minnesota – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis City Pages


That should allow the city to buy about 80 foreclosed properties and rehab another 80, city officials said. St. Paul will get the second-highest amount, at $6.3 million. That should allow the city to purchase from 80 to 100 properties for demolition or
Fighting Foreclosure in Frogtown and beyond KARE
Foreclosure relief on way to 21 Minnesota counties, cities Finance and Commerce
Frogtown one of many in state's $38M foreclosure plan KSTP.com
Minneapolis City Pages - MinnPost.com
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Mortgage rate cuts to give us back $10b – Stuff.co.nz


Some experts are tipping Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard will drop the official cash rate by 75-100 basis points in his March 12 announcement, taking the OCR to 2.5-2.75% and putting further pressure on banks to drop mortgage rates.

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Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard: Disappearing real estate at … – San Jose Mercury News


There is a lot of real estate offshore that is gone forever, at least for the next several thousand years, perhaps longer. While we lease the continental shelves off Southern California, as well as Louisiana and Texas for oil drilling and extraction,

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Despite economy, Jersey Shore rentals stable – Newsday


Tourism officials and real estate agents say the troubling times are a boon for the Garden State's tourism industry, noting that about 30 million people live within 300 miles of the shore area. "Many people won't be on cruises or taking cross-country

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Congregation in foreclosure fight – Chicago Sun-Times

Congregation in foreclosure fight
Chicago Sun-Times, United States


Today, the congregation is left with an empty lot where the community center was to be and is facing foreclosure on its church. The Rev. Leon Miller says his West Side congregation's efforts to build a community center have left it facing foreclosure

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Let your real estate agent help you when buying foreclosed home – The Newark Advocate


This, in part, is a result of the more than 28 percent increase in foreclosures. However buying one of these homes and working through the process requires the skills of a professional real estate agent and lender on your side.
Foreclosure sale: going, going gone! Examiner.com
Learn the ropes before you invest in real estate Huntsville Item
Scoring Foreclosure Property Deals: Short Sales Are On the Rise PR Web (press release)
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In down market, even staging on a shoestring helps sell – Seattle Times


NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)


To help give their listings an edge, some real estate agents are paying for staging consultations on the homes they list. Others are even pitching in to help their clients with the primping and painting. Sekou Wiggs, right, an associate broker with
: Staging Diva® Helps Home Stagers Prepare for the Spring Real NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)
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Make the most of rare refi opportunity – Seattle Times


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Make the most of rare refi opportunity
Seattle Times, United States


Details of the Obama administration's foreclosure-avoidance programs are surfacing, and syndicated columnist Kenneth R. Harney advises that if Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac owns or guarantees your mortgage — and you've got an on-time payment record and an
Fannie Mae Jan portfolio down; delinquencies jump Reuters
Obama May Put Fannie, Freddie on Federal Budget, Orszag Says Bloomberg
Freddie Mac Still Evicting Paying Tenants, Lawyers Say Hartford Courant
TheStreet.com - National Review Online
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Proposed constitutional amendment would prohibit HOA foreclosures – Dallas Morning News


Solomons' proposal, which is expected to be opposed by HOA groups, would submit a constitutional amendment to Texas voters that would prohibit foreclosures by associations on homesteads within their jurisdiction. That foreclosure authority dates to a

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Huge home in foreclosure doesn't muster one bidder – San Diego Union Tribune


By Diane Bell (Contact) Union-Tribune Columnist It's a bad sign when a new home that cost more than $10 million to build fails to attract even a single bidder at a foreclosure auction. Yet that's what happened Feb. 13 when Chevy Chase Bank put a

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