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Foreclosure ?deals? carry fine print (Lawrence Journal-World)

All this national talk of a suffocating credit crunch, compounding mortgage defaults and tumbling real estate prices has potential homebuyers angling for value. Chris Earl understands that. But the concept of buying a ?foreclosed? home in the Lawrenc...

HomeVestors ranks Houston second for real estate investing (BizJournals)

Houston was the second best market in the nation for real estate investing in the second quarter of 2008, according to a ranking by HomeVestors of America Inc.

Atlanta third on real estate investing list (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Metro Atlanta ranks No. 3 on HomeVestors of America Inc.'s new list of the top 10 U.S. markets for residential real estate investing, released Tuesday.

Good estate planning will assure wishes are honored (The Charlotte Observer)

Q: My 88-year old aunt died recently. She was best friends all her life with her 91-year-old sister. She told her sister numerous times that if anything happened to her that she wanted her to have her house along with her surviving brother. After her...

Affordable Luxury: Living Large in Smaller Spaces (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - When shopping for real estate, bigger used to mean better. But preferences are changing, particularly in a tight economy where every dollar needs to go further. A new aesthetic is taking hold, and it's been dubbed "affordable luxury."

k1009 BC-KS-KansasAthletics-B 07-20 0502 (Hays Daily News)

Eds: Also moving on sports lines. LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- The national championship in basketball and a trip to the Orange Bowl for the football team has led to financial success off the field at the University of Kansas.

Mill levy numbers don?t tell whole story (Lawrence Journal-World)

Pity poor Coffeyville. The southeastern Kansas community has the highest combined mill levy of any city above 10,000 people in the state. Its total mill levy ? city, county, school district, et al ? is 179 mills. It makes Lawrence?s combined mill lev...

Funeral Day Burglar gets 43 years in prison (Jefferson City News Tribune)

PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City man notorious for burglarizing homes while owners were at funerals has been given a 43-year prison sentence. Circuit Judge Owens Lee Hull Jr. sentenced Dane S. Johnson Thursday to 43 years in prison.

Visit to Colo. chocolate factory reinforces Fed's inflation fears (Rocky Moun...

For Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, chocolate isn't as sweet as it used to be: The cost of almost every ingredient has gone up.

Bidders find huge bargains at real estate auctions (The Kansas City Star)

Marjain Breitenbach arrived at a real estate auction Saturday hoping to snag a good deal on a foreclosed home in Independence. He wasn?t disappointed.