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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

• Brazoria County

  Saturday Jul 5 | via The Bulletin 

  Find Brazoria foreclosures from a large database of foreclosure listings in the country from ForeclosureFreeSearch.com. www.foreclosurefreesearch.com Galveston County Collection of more than 200,000 maps of ...

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  Related Topix: Brazoria, TX, Foreclosures, Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Houston Metro, Pearland, TX

• Brazoria County Appraisal

  Saturday Jul 5 | via The Bulletin 

  Brazoria County Appraisal

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• Brazoria County Real Estate

  Saturday Jul 5 | via The Bulletin 

  Search the actual MLS real estate listings for Brazoria County at MultipleListing.com; Just select the link for your area to view up-to-the-minute listings.

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  Related Topix: Brazoria County, TX, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Brazoria, TX

• Area Realtor dies in Hwy. 36 crash

  May 30, 2008 | via The Herald-Coaster 

  A Fort Bend County real estate agent was killed in a three-car wreck Thursday afternoon near this Brazoria County town.

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  Related Topix: Fort Bend County, TX, Real Estate, Brazoria County, TX, Rosenberg, TX

• County can help close on 1st home

  May 19, 2008 | via The Facts 

  Low- to moderate-income Brazoria County families may qualify for up to $5,000 to help them with closing costs on the purchase of their first home.

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  Related Topix: Brazoria County, TX, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

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: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  4 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

  5 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

  12 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