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• "About the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act." Department of Homeland Security, 2007. http://www.uscg.mil/legal/la/topics/sscra/about_the_sscra.htm
• Apgar, William C., Mark Duda, and Rochelle Nawrocki Gorey. "The Municipal Cost of Foreclosures: A Chicago Case Study," February 27, 2005. http://www.nw.org/network/neighborworksProgs/foreclosuresolutions/
  documents/2005Apgar-DudaStudy-FullVersion.pdf
• Christie, Les. "Crime Scene: Foreclosure." cnnmoney.com, November 19, 2007. http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/16/real_estate/suprime_and_crime/
  index.htm?section=money_topstories
• Christie, Les. "Foreclosure Rates up big in December." cnnmoney.com, January 2007. http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/16/real_estate/December_foreclosures
  ­_up_from_2005/index.htm
• "Foreclosure procedures by state." Realty Trac, 2007. http://www.realtytrac.com/education/noframes/foreclosurePro.html
• "Foreclosure Statistics." fdic.gov, 2007. http://www.fdic.gov/about/comein/files/foreclosure_statistics.pdf
• "Foreclosure." Encyclopedia of Everyday Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps. Gale Group, Inc., 2003. eNotes.com. 2006. November 29, 2007. http://www.enotes.com/everyday-law-encyclopedia/foreclosure