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Goooood morning, Harper family!

Your fabulously made-over home may be on the verge of foreclosure, but take some solace in knowing that you are not alone.

JOHNNY CRAWFORD / jcrawford@ajc.com (ENLARGE)
Foreclosure proceedings have been brought against Patricia and Milton Harper, whose Lake City home was famously and grandly refurbished by ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' three years ago.
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Former "Tonight Show" co-host Ed McMahon, 85, is embroiled in a legal battle to save his Beverly Hills mansion from foreclosure.
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Veronica Hearst, the widow of billionaire Randolph Hearst and step-mother of famed kidnap victim Patty Hearst, had her 52-room mansion in Florida foreclosed upon in February.
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According to a July 25 Bloomberg news report, U.S. foreclosure filings have increased by 121 percent over this time last year. The Harpers' luxury home in Clayton County, remodeled three years ago by ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", is just one of the nearly 740,000 properties now in some state of foreclosure across the country.

Of course, the situation probably stings a bit more when there's notoriety attached. A national TV audience watched as the Harpers' multi-level house with the aid of "Extreme" host Ty Pennington and a volunteer crew that included Lake City mayor Willie Oswalt.

Wake up and smell the chicory, America: Having been rich or famous won't necessarily keep the national foreclosure debacle off your doorstep.