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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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Local Headlines

• Realty Viewpoint: How Oklahoma Fights Negative Housing Press

  Mar 10, 2008 | via Realty Times 

  "Good thing you're in Oklahoma!" That's the frontline message behind the new $200,000 public awareness campaign launched by the Oklahoma Association of Realtors designed to turn negative press around.

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  Related Topix: Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma, Altus, OK, Mortgage, Home

• Family loses everything in weekend fire

  Dec 19, 2007 | via Altus Times 

  Curtis Black, Tammy Ballard, and son, were at the hospital visiting a relative Sunday.

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  Related Topix: Altus, OK, Home Listing, Home

Regional Headlines

• Bush Seen as a Jinx by Republicans as Candidates Avoid Him, Party `Brand'

  Wednesday | via Bloomberg Business News 

  In 2006, Republican Representative Marilyn Musgrave welcomed President George W. Bush to her Colorado district for a rally on the weekend before Election Day.

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  Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Oklahoma, Housing, George Bush

• Oklahoma City Real Estate Afloat in Sinking U.S. Economy

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Nu Wire Investor 

  Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain! And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet When the wind comes right behind the rain.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, OK, Oklahoma City, OK

• Candidates file campaign reports

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via TulsaWorld.com - Government 

  Sen. Nancy Riley, D-Sand Springs, appears to have raised more than her Republican challengers for Senate District 37.

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  Related Topix: Sand Springs, OK, Oklahoma, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Oklahoma State University System, US News

• Oklahoma banks are still on solid financial footing

  Friday Jul 18 | 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

National Headlines

• Foreclosures Up 121% From Last Year

  2 min ago | via WSRS-FM Paxton 

  Home foreclosure filings rose 14 percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled from the same period a year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, OH, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing

• N.H. home sales off sharply in first half of '08

  2 min ago | via The Citizen 

  Meantime, the median sales price fell 8 percent, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors said Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures

• 30-year mortgage rates rise in US

  4 min ago | via Houston Home-Journal 

  Mortgage rates have risen in the US over the past week with 30-year mortgages climbing to the highest level in nearly a year.

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• US home foreclosures rise

  4 min ago | via BBC 

  The number of US homes in some stage of foreclosure more than doubled between April and June from the previous year.

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• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  4 min ago | via Ann Arbor News 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance