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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

Local Headlines

• Struggling: Home building falls to an all-time low

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Themonitor.com 

  The sound of hammering is far less frequent in the Upper Valley, as it settles into the worst home building slump in its recorded history.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Home Building, Hidalgo County, TX, Edinburg, TX, Weslaco, TX

• Buying, selling homes a deeply personal decision

  Saturday Jun 21 | via Valley Morning Star 

  A slumping home market means it's time to buy, right? A booming real estate often signals its time to sell, real estate agents say.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Hidalgo County, TX, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Home, Home Selling

• Tips from the experts on how to navigate an up and down real estate market

  Friday Jun 20 | via Themonitor.com 

  A slumping home market means it's time to buy, right? A booming real estate market often signals it's time to sell, real estate agents say.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Hidalgo County, TX, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Home, Home Selling

• Taskforce Created to Prevent Foreclosures

  Jun 13, 2008 | via KRGV 

  A new taskforce is trying to help prevent people from losing their homes. There are more than 200 families in Hidalgo County facing foreclosures this year.

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  Related Topix: Hidalgo County, TX, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• When costs rise, its time to review the family budget

  Jun 4, 2008 | via Themonitor.com 

  In our petroleum-dependent economy, we have seen prices for food, fuel, utilities and other goods and services rise now that the cost of oil has increased to more than $100 a barrel.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Opinion

Regional Headlines

• Gang behind Dallas-Fort Worth home invasions built empire on force, strategy

  14 hrs ago | via Quick 

  They were the Renaissance men of crime, a mixture of white-collar cunning and blue-collar ruthless violence.

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth, TX, Rockwall, TX, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Texas, Denton, TX, Home, Mortgage

• Schnurman: North Texas housing market is still troubled

  19 hrs ago | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  We averted one crisis last week, after the government pledged to keep the mortgage money flowing at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Dallas (University of Texas System), Dallas Metro, University of Texas System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  Yesterday | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  Yesterday | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  Friday | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Paulson warns of tough months

  7 min ago | via CNN 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  8 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  16 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, US News

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  18 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  19 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance