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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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Regional Headlines

• "About that Mortgage, Senator . . ." [Dodd, Conrad]

  Friday Jun 27 | via Free Republic 

  NEW YORK TIMES: "About that Mortgage, Senator . . ." It turns out that the chieftain of Countrywide -- which is smack in the middle of the mortgage mess -- extended privileged borrowing status to two Senators, ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, North Dakota

• Kent Conrad Rushing To Explain Away Countrywide Scandal Before It Grows Legs In North Dakota

  Jun 19, 2008 | via KXMA-TV Dickinson 

  Jun 20 2008 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php Via a friendly source in the North Dakota media comes this soon-to-be-published op/ed from Kent Conrad which seeks to defend the Senator on the ...

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  Related Topix: North Dakota Government, North Dakota, US Politics, Kent Conrad, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Fill up your intellectual tank here at NRO.

  Jun 18, 2008 | via National Review 

  DEFAULT IN THE SENATE. The Editors decry the corruption in the Senate with the Countrywide Financial bailout: The U.S. Senate is about to enact a massive subsidy for Countrywide Financial less than a week after ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, North Dakota, Barack Obama, Financial Services, Countrywide Financial

• Senators tied to special mortgage deals

  Jun 15, 2008 | via The Tennessean 

  WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd, a leader of Congress' efforts to help homeowners ensnared in the subprime mortgage meltdown, reportedly got special treatment on his own ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Home, Mortgage, US Politics, Kent Conrad, US News, US Senate, Democrat, North Dakota

• North Dakota Housing Market

  Apr 21, 2008 | via KFYR-AM Bismarck 

  DAVID FLYNN SAYS THE MARKET IS AFFECTED BY NEWS OF FALLING PRICES AND RISING HOME MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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  Related Topix: North Dakota, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Home

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  6 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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• U.s. Congress Passes...

  7 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  7 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  8 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  8 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home