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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

• 8 p.m.: Deadline near for mortgage regulation

  Friday Jul 11 | via Anderson Herald-Bulletin 

  A statewide crackdown on unqualified mortgage lenders could close some local loan offices.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IN, Anderson, IN, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• : County foreclosures mounting

  Saturday Jul 5 | via Herald-Bulletin 

  Start the bidding. Over the next month, 134 Madison County homes will be put up for auction in a sheriff's sale, a result of foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IN, Foreclosures, Anderson, IN, Elwood, IN

• Nancy Vaughan: Federal funds impact those in need

  Jun 14, 2008 | via Anderson Herald-Bulletin 

  For the past 25 years the Emergency Food and Shelter Program has been a primary source of funding for the prevention of homelessness in the United States.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Madison County, IN, FEMA, US News

• : Local foreclosures increasing

  Jun 6, 2008 | via The Herald Bulletin 

  As nationwide foreclosures reach new highs, the housing market in Madison County continues to suffer.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IN, Foreclosures

• CITY: Homeowners on the brink

  May 31, 2008 | via Anderson Herald-Bulletin 

  As foreclosures become more of a problem in Anderson and Madison County, the Community Development Department is working to educate residents about their options before they abandon their homes.

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  Related Topix: Madison County, IN, Anderson, IN, Foreclosures, Pendleton, IN, Elwood, IN

Regional Headlines

• Recovery takes long-term approach

  Friday | via The Tribune 

  It's been six weeks since floodwaters inundated Jackson County and much of central and southern Indiana, leaving behind a path of costly destruction and scores of homeless residents.

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  Related Topix: Bartholomew County, IN, Seymour, IN, Indiana, Home, Mortgage

• Group may go to court to halt foreclosure sales

  Monday Jul 14 | via WNDU-TV South Bend 

  A national housing activist group is threatening legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana

• Dow wobbles but regains feet

  Friday Jul 11 | via IndyStar.com 

  Fears that the nation could slip into recession and drag down Indiana stirred on Friday after oil prices soared on war worries and a key stock market index reeled over concerns about mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana

• Central Indiana home sales remain weak in June

  Friday Jul 11 | via The Indianapolis Star 

  Home sales in the Indianapolis area remained weak in June, falling almost 20 percent over the same month a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, Housing, Central, IN, Real Estate, Hendricks County, IN

• Many Indiana mortgage brokers face license loss

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune 

  More than two-thirds of Indiana's mortgage brokerage companies could lose their licenses under a new state law - causing headaches for some potential homebuyers.

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  Related Topix: Indiana, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Jeffersonville, IN

National Headlines

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  5 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

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  7 min ago | via The Topeka Capital-Journal 

  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: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Chuck Jaffe: Most money-market funds are safe from financial meltdown

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Edward in Brockton, Mass., got scared enough by the headlines a week ago that he did the unthinkable.

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  Related Topix: Boston Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Antioch Police Department Sued by ACLU

  4 hrs ago | via Associated Content 

  Antioch is a growing city of a little more than 100,000 people situated at the Eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  Related Topix: ACLU, San Francisco, CA, Antioch, CA, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  13 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