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• Do New Mortgage Rules Make Borrowers Safer?

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Realty Trac 

  You could hardly miss the headlines this week: More than 1,000 news outlets covered new rules from the Federal Reserve designed to "protect" America's mortgage borrowers.

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  Related Topix: Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Oklahoma banks are still on solid financial footing

  Yesterday | via The Enid News 

  Oklahoma bankers are correct in reassuring their customers banks in Oklahoma are on solid ground.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Enid Metro, Enid, OK, Oklahoma, Opinion

• Announces Disaster Assistance for Oklahoma Storm Victims

  Thursday Jul 10 | via HUD 

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 24 storm-ravaged counties in Oklahoma and provide support to homeowners and low-income ...

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  Related Topix: Weather, Oklahoma, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bankruptcy filings up

  Jun 10, 2008 | via The Norman Transcript 

  Local bankruptcy filings have increased nearly 23 percent for the first five months of the year, according to the Journal Record newspaper.

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  Related Topix: Oklahoma, Opinion

• Bankruptcy filings jump nearly 23%

  Jun 6, 2008 | via The Journal Record 

  OKLAHOMA CITY Some took a flyer in the real estate market, or rely heavily on near-$4-per-gallon gasoline to earn their livelihood.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government, Foreclosures

• Bond issues open spend vs. save debate

  May 31, 2008 | via NewsOK.com 

  Three bond issues totaling $475 million - including $300 million for the state's highways and bridges - will not be a financial drain for the state, the governor's chief budget adviser says.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Government

National Headlines

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  6 min ago | via Quamnet 

  "This is a challenging time for families across our nation," Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, Housing, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Property cools in capital with glum economy

  7 min ago | via Viet Nam News 

  Certain sectors of the Ha Noi real estate markets have cooled over the past few months as a result of the global economic slowdown, domestic inflation and limited liquidity on the market driven by high interest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ha Tay, Vietnam, World News, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Vietnam

• Real estate newsmakers

  3 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Brownyard relocated to Houston, Texas, where she was in the insurance business.

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  Related Topix: Northeastern University, Housing, Cape Coral, FL, Sanibel, FL, Morris (University of Minnesota System)

• What to do in a time of foreclosures

  3 hrs ago | via Lansing State Journal 

  'If there's ever a time to buy, it's certainly now because the prices are so low,' said David Whitcomb, broker and owner of Whitcomb Realty in Lansing.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Lansing, MI, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Ingham County, MI

• Foreclosures affect communities

  3 hrs ago | via Lansing State Journal 

  The foreclosure crisis affects more than just individual homeowners. It has an impact on entire neighborhoods and communities.

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  Related Topix: Lansing, MI, Lansing Metro, Foreclosures