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Recording

Recording -The act of entering or recording documents affecting or conveying interests in real estate in the recorder's office established in each county. Until it is recorded, a deed or mortgage ordinarily is not effective against subsequent purchasers mortgagees.

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Seniors can apply to defer taxes (Daily Chronicle) - by:

Applications are available for senior citizens who qualify for DeKalb County’s Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program, according to a news release from county treasurer Christine Johnson. Qualifying seniors can defer the property tax on their personal residence for the upcoming year, the release said. [read more]

Local tax revenues plunging (Boston Globe) - by:

Communities statewide are already grappling with dire predictions of drastic drops in state aid for the upcoming fiscal year as state revenues shrivel. But cities and towns are experiencing a double whammy, as local revenues also suffer under the impact of the slumping economy. [read more]

Tax issues dog mayoral candidates (Detroit News) - by:

Two Detroit mayoral candidates have liens filed against them for unpaid income taxes; another lives with his mother who is behind on her real estate taxes; and two more were delinquent since September on property taxes until they settled in the past few weeks. [read more]

Updated 1/6: Damisch to skip Sunday's town meeting (Northbrook Star) - by:

Mark Damisch won't vie with Sandy Frum for slating as the Northbrook Caucus's village presidential candidate at Sunday's town meeting, but will instead run against her and incumbent Gene Marks as an independent in the April 7 election. [read more]

Foreclosures fuel sheriff's sales (Chicago Tribune) - by:

Number of properties, quality of homes on the auction block jump The sterile lobby of the DuPage County Jail seemed an unlikely setting to decide the future of the attractive four-bedroom home on Bloomingdale's Jefferson Lane. [read more]

Ginn offloads 6,000 (Watauga Democrat) - by:

One of Watauga County’s largest real-estate developments in recent years has been sold after the developer’s affiliates filed for bankruptcy last week. [read more]

If funds wash away , so could beach plans (Florida Today) - by:

Indialantic and Melbourne Beach could see thinner shores in 2009 if state tax dollars to dredge and haul beach sand continue to erode along with the housing market. [read more]

How Citi bailed out an O.C. subprime lender (Orange County Register) - by:

Troubled banking giant gave home loan help to lender with history of bad debts. [read more]

New tax collector for town (Lowell Sun) - by:

TEWKSBURY -- Residents looking for more information on their municipal bills will soon be greeted by a new -- but not unknown -- face at the collector's office. Town Manager David Cressman recently announced that he has chosen Lorraine Langlois to succeed Dottie Lightfoot as Tewksbury's tax collector. [read more]

Valley cities target rental taxes (The Arizona Republic) - by:

Cities hope to bring in money during hard times. [read more]

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Metro-Area Foreclosure Sales Tripled in First 10 Months of 2008 (Bloomberg) - by:

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosure sales in the 25 largest U.S. metropolitan areas almost tripled in the first 10 months of last year as rising unemployment and falling home values made it tougher for homeowners to sell or refinance their mortgages. [read more]

New program aims to avoid home foreclosure and save you money (WINK TV Southwest Florida) - by:

A local non-profit agency has a way to save you money and others from falling into foreclosure Habitat for Humanity of Lee County created a new program. [read more]

Bibb County applies for foreclosure funding (WMGT Macon) - by:

Help is on the way for areas of Bibb County hit hard by the foreclosure crisis. Tuesday, city and county leaders cleared the way for the Economic and Community Development Department to take action. [read more]

Woman Fought Foreclosure And Won (MyNC.com) - by:

Debra Fought was on the edge of foreclosure until she fought to get her life back. The Cary News has the story. [read more]

Updated 1/6: Free foreclosure advice offered Saturday (Vernon Hills Review) - by:

Homeowners can receive free legal advice on how to avoid a home foreclosure by calling a foreclosure help line between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday. A team of volunteer real estate attorneys will field calls at 1-800-252-0402. [read more]

Study Details C'ville Foreclosure Rates (NBC 29 Charlottesville) - by:

With some help from UVA, a Central Virginia real estate expert has put together some important findings on Charlottesville's foreclosure rates. [read more]

Rescue Mission may be foreclosure victim (Los Banos Enterprise) - by:

The property where the Los Banos Rescue Mission is located has fallen into foreclosure. The future of the mission is uncertain at this time. [read more]

Watson Hill developer faces foreclosure (Charleston Regional Business Journal) - by:

The developer of the Watson Hill property, caught for 3 1/2 years in an annexation battle between North Charleston and Summerville, now faces foreclosure on a $28.6 million loan. [read more]

How to Avoid Losing Your Home to Foreclosure (Today's News-Herald) - by:

(ARA) - Over the past year, we've been inundated with daily headlines about the growing foreclosure crisis. [read more]

Allegheny County program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - by:

Allegheny County property owners facing foreclosure will have the chance to negotiate with lenders to keep their homes under a pilot program expected to start next week. [read more]

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