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CoreLogic® Releases November MarketPulse Report

—Report Examines U.S. Residential Mortgage Performance—

(IRVINE) - CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading residential property information, analytics and services provider, today released its November MarketPulse report. In this report, CoreLogic economists discuss significant trends in residential mortgage performance in 2013.

Key findings in the CoreLogic November MarketPulse report include the serious delinquency rate (90 or more days delinquent, in foreclosure or real-estate owned) peaked at 8.5 percent in January 2010 and has since declined to 5.4 percent as of July 2013.

Two Days to Save Sioux Sacred Land

The US Government stole the Black Hills from the Sioux after gold was found there.

(BLACK HILLS, SD) - This weekend an area considered sacred by the Native Sioux people could be auctioned off to the highest bidder, to potentially be bulldozed into a road or a golf course.

The Sioux have launched a last-ditch campaign to save their land - if we join them now we can stop the sell off.

Bargain Basement Deals on America`s Historic Homes?

Serious pieces of American history are selling for very little cost.

(SALEM) - As the value of the American dream itself goes into mortgage, there appears an interesting value-based aspect in the historical housing market of this country.

A recent trip to Baltimore opened my eyes to the notion of a 200+ year old American city. The discovery that homes from the Colonial period were selling for so little was a real eye opener.

Merkley Meets with Portland Area Homeowners to Unveil His Plan to Jump-Start Housing Markets

Senator Proposes 4% Refinancing Option for all Underwater Homeowners to Spur Economy.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today visited a Portland home that is underwater and talked with two area homeowners whose houses are underwater and have been unable to refinance their homes.

Merkley was there to explain his new plan to jump-start the housing market.

Merkley Unveils Bold Plan to Jump-Start Housing Markets

Senator Proposes 4% Refinancing Option for all Underwater Homeowners to Spur Economy.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today offered a new plan to tackle one of the most persistent challenges to the sputtering economy: the massive number of Americans who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are now worth.

In a white paper containing the proposal, called “The 4% Mortgage: Rebuilding American Homeownership,” Merkley laid out a plan to allow underwater homeowners who are current on their mortgages to refinance to a lower interest rate.

Independent Foreclosure Review

The Independent Foreclosure Review is monitored by federal bank regulators and other agencies.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - If your primary residence was involved in a foreclosure process between early 2009 and late 2010, you may qualify for a free Independent Foreclosure Review.

These determine whether individual homeowners suffered financial injury and should receive compensation because of errors or other problems during their home foreclosure process.

Passage of Additional Components of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights

The bills guarantee struggling homeowners a single point of contact at their lender with knowledge of their loan and direct access to decision makers.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the non-conference committee components of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights have passed out of legislative committees.

“The entire Homeowner Bill of Rights legislative package will create a level playing field for California homeowners,” said Attorney General Harris.

CoreLogic® Releases June MarketPulse Report

—Report Highlights the Positive Force of Negative Equity and the Liberal Side of Collateral Credit Standards—

(SANTA ANA, CA) - CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today released its June CoreLogic MarketPulse report.

The monthly economic publication provides insight into the current and future health of the U.S. economic climate with particular focus on housing and mortgage metrics.

CoreLogic® April Home Price Index Shows Year-Over-Year Increase of Just Over One Percent

—New Pending HPI Forecasts Further Increase in May Driven by Low Home Inventory Levels— Home Prices in Salem Decrease.

(SANTA ANA, CA) - Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 1.1 percent in April 2012 compared to April 2011.

This was the second consecutive year-over-year increase this year, and the first time two consecutive increases have occurred since June 2010.

See How Police Treat the Poor and Disenfranchised in England

Brutality just barely begins to describe what happened at Dale Farm, it is the military industrial complex at work crushing the poor, casting families into homelessness, only working for the powerful controlling interests.

(CRAYS HILL, Essex UK) - As relayed in previous reports, the residents of Dale Farm are Irish Travelers, many identify them as Gypsies.

Regardless of what one calls them, they are a people who do not fit neatly into the brainwashed consumer culture. To the contrary, they are a sort of people that are impossible to tame.