Archive for July, 2009

Auctions Can Be Easy, Cheap Way to Buy Home (NBC Dallas Fort Worth)

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Real estate agents say auctions have become one of the most popular ways to get foreclosed homes at rock-bottom prices.

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Illinois home foreclosures highest in Chicago area (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, July 31st, 2009

The Chicago-Naperville-Joliet metropolitan area had the highest home foreclosure rate in Illinois for the first half of the year.

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Options can prevent foreclosures (The New Canaan News)

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Between May and June 2009, the number of foreclosures in Connecticut went up almost 5 percent, according to RealtyTrac, a foreclosure listing service.

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Hays foreclosures up (San Marcos Daily Record)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Foreclosed Hays County properties listed for auction on the first Tuesday in August are 71 percent higher than last year and that figure is the highest in the four counties the Foreclosure Listing Service (FLS) classifies as Austin Metro.

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Rob Walling Launches the First Academy for Software Entrepreneurs (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

The Micropreneur Academy (www.Micropreneur.com) is an online training program for current and aspiring software entrepreneurs.

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AP: Mich. 2nd-worst state on Economic Stress Index (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

If you want to see economic stress, come to Michigan. Foreclosures remain stubbornly high, budget shortfalls are forcing state workers to take unpaid days off and thousands of workers tied to the domestic automakers are anxious about how they’ll fare with the refashioned Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. out of bankruptcy.

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AP: Mich. 2nd-worst state on Economic Stress Index (INO News)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

(AP:LANSING, Mich.) If you want to see economic stress, come to Michigan.

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Rising unemployment accelerates foreclosure crisis (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

In this photo taken April 23, 2009, Robin Lewis sits in her kitchen surrounded by jugs of water in Rockford, Ill. Lewis who’s water and heat have been shut off, is trying desperately to save her home from foreclosure.

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A new normal: Residential real estate down considerably in Houston, Bibb counties (Macon Telegraph)

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Home sales in Bibb and Houston counties have continued to take a hit, though recent national reports suggest the real estate market overall may be improving.

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High-dollar foreclosures spike (BizJournals)

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The rash of commercial property foreclosure postings in North Texas is spreading into higher-priced buildings, and real estate experts say they expect more upscale properties to be in the mix in the months ahead.

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