HOUSE VALUES DECLINE 8.2 PERCENT IN JULY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 1, 2008 ;     619 words ......Pierce and Snohomish counties fell 8.2 percent in July, the sixth consecutive record year-to-...1990 in Seattle. July values were down 1 percent from June, a notably larger drop than June's 0.2 percent decrease from May, according to figures...

September home sales dip 8.7 percent in region.(Real Estate)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 7, 2008 ;     452 words ......single-family and condominiums) were down 8.7 percent to 9,686 sales in September, compared...price in September was $179,650, down 9.7 percent from $199,000 last year. The median is...for the North Central region was 6.05 percent in September, down 0.47 points from the...

20 percent of homes 'upside down,' report says.(Business)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 1, 2008 ;     338 words ......Bloomberg News SAN FRANCISCO Almost 20 percent of U.S. mortgage borrowers owed more on...follow should home prices decline another 5 percent, Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American...said. Six states account for almost 60 percent of homes with negative equity. In Illinois...

Duncan to vote absentee: Montgomery chief, critical of polls, urges others...

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  October 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......don't lose faith in voting, vote absentee, Duncan said. Duncan's comments...to get their supporters to vote absentee -- a customary strategy designed...most frequent voters, 53 percent to 36 percent. Occasional voters gave Ehrlich an advantage, 48 percent to 40 percent. ...

There's still time to vote absentee

Dayton Daily News;  February 25, 2008 ;     223 words ......Ohioans, he plans to mail in his vote. Kelley will vote absentee in the primary election rather...I am kind of disappointed to vote absentee," Kelley said. "I am still undecided...allows any registered voter to vote absentee. Officials expect about 20 percent of ...

Foreclosures up 24 percent during October in Illinois.(Business)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 13, 2008 ;     252 words ......dailyherald.com Illinois foreclosure filings were up 24 percent in October and 31 percent over the same period last year, according to...filing, putting Illinois ninth on the list of percentage rankings. The company reports each action, with...

GETTING OUT WORD TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET OUT TO VOTE ABSENTEE BALLOTING...

Rocky Mountain News;  March 14, 2003 ;     510 words ......In the 1991 election, fewer than 4 percent of Denverites voted absentee, meaning...this spring's municipal election, 16 percent of active voters already have requested...Before 1992, Coloradans who wanted to vote absentee had to provide a reason, such as they...said. "People just aren't ready to ...

GETTING OUT WORD TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET OUT TO VOTE ABSENTEE BALLOTING...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 14, 2003 ;     520 words ......In the 1991 election, fewer than 4 percent of Denverites voted absentee, meaning...this spring's municipal election, 16 percent of active voters already have requested...Before 1992, Coloradans who wanted to vote absentee had to provide a reason, such as they...said. ``People just aren't ready to ...

DECEMBER HOG, PIG INVENTORY DOWN THREE PERCENT FROM YEAR AGO

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 30, 2008 ;     298 words ......inventory, at 1.12 million head was down 3 percent from the December 2007 number of 1.16...breeding hogs totaled 100,000 head, down 5 percent from last year's estimate, according to...inventory totaled 1.02 million head, 91 percent of the total hog and pig inventory. The...

Voter turnout tops 64 percent, highest since 1908, expert says

Charleston Daily Mail;  November 5, 2008 ;     318 words ......for president this election, based on 88 percent of the country's precincts tallied and...his methods, that would give 2008 a 64.1 percent turnout rate. "That would be the highest...we've seen since 1908," which was 65.7 percent, McDonald said early Wednesday. It also...

Residential property values soar 55 percent

Missoulian;  December 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......residential property has jumped an average of 55 percent statewide over the past 6-1/2 years, the...counties, while the lowest increase at 11 percent was in Liberty County in north-central...counties with an average increase of 103 percent in residential property values from Jan...

STILL TIME TO VOTE ABSENTEE

Sun Publications (IL);  March 28, 1997 ;     124 words ......necessary to travel to the County offices in Joliet or Wheaton to vote Absentee. In-person voting can be done at Village Hall in the Clerk...clerk at (630) 226-8411. Will County Residents wishing to vote absentee by mail may call the Will County Clerk in Joliet at (815...

China-based telecom vendors win 90 percent of the TD-SCDMA tender worth...

Asia Pacific Telecom;  December 1, 2008 ;     95 words ......tender worth $4.4 billion, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the total deals. Staterun Datang Telecom Group...Fiberhome emerged as the biggest winners, grabbing 38 percent to 40 percent of the tender, according to local media. China Mobile...

Jobless rate climbs to 14-year high: 6.5 percent.(Business)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 8, 2008 ;     397 words ......unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, far...quickly eroding. The jobless rate zoomed to 6.5 percent in October from 6.1 percent in September, matching the rate in March 1994...

September home sales dip 8.7 percent in Chicago area.(Real Estate)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 7, 2008 ;     364 words ......single-family and condominiums) were down 8.7 percent to 9,686 sales in September, compared...price in September was $179,650, down 9.7 percent from $199,000 last year. The median is...for the North Central region was 6.05 percent in September, down 0.47 points from the...