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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

• Homes in lower price ranges show big increases in sales

  Monday Jul 7 | via North Bay Business Journal 

  Spurred by a flurry of activity at the low end of the market, home sales showed signs of an uptick in the North Bay.

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  Related Topix: Napa, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, Marin County, CA, Napa County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

• Residential Real Estate: St. Helena broker offers fractional ownership; rules limit house footprint

  Monday Jul 7 | via North Bay Business Journal 

  St. Helena-based brokerage Up Valley Real Estate launched a new division specializing in fractional ownership of high-end properties.

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  Related Topix: Housing, St. Helena, CA, Home Listing, Home, Napa County, CA, Calistoga, CA, Santa Rosa, CA

• For the record

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Los Angeles Times 

  Foreclosures: An article in the Business section on June 4 about an increase in complaints of mortgage fraud said Donna Robbins of Napa County had filed suit against a firm that allegedly sold her home without ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Napa County, CA, Santa Ana, CA

• Compounding the pain

  Jun 3, 2008 | via Los Angeles Times 

  AMERICAN CANYON, CALIF. -- Three years ago, Donna Robbins tried to use her soaring equity to remodel her house in this Napa Valley community.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, American Canyon, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, Napa County, CA

• Luxury homes in Napa Valley falling into foreclosure

  Jun 3, 2008 | via KCPQ 

  Buyers last week of a Spanish-style, 3,220-square-foot house on a cul-de-sac here got a bargain: $1 million for a hilltop home in Northern California's wine country, with views to San Francisco in the distance.

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  Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Foreclosures, Home Listing, Home, Napa County, CA, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Special loan programs serve buyers who lack cash

  6 hrs ago | via HeraldTribune.com 

  Published: Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. Two little-known federal lending programs may hold the answer for would-be home buyers who don't have two plug ...

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, California, Home, Mortgage

• Cash challenged? Cry uncle

  12 hrs ago | via Chicago Tribune 

  Two little-known federal programs may hold the answer for would-be home buyers who don't have money for a down payment or don't have money left after closing to update their properties.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Home Buying, Home, California, UC Riverside, University of California System, UC San Diego, Mortgage

• Calif. To Be Hit Hard Among Nation's 1 Million Foreclosures

  Yesterday | via NBC Channel 11 

  A forecast released Friday has predicted that 1 million homes will be in foreclosure nationwide by the end of the year. 11 comments

  Related Topix: California, California Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Home Listing

• Inland rents start to level off, report says

  Yesterday | via The Press-Enterprise 

  After coping with years of strong rent growth, Inland Southern California apartment dwellers are getting relief.

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  Related Topix: California, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Housing, UC Riverside, University of California System, San Bernardino, CA

• Solar-powered homes give builder an edge

  Yesterday | via Lake Elsinore Valley News 

  Challenged with selling new homes in a tough residential real estate market, Woodside Homes has partnered with solar panel giant SunPower Corp., Southern California Edison and the makers of energy-efficient ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Energy, California, Temecula, CA

National Headlines

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  9 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

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  3 hrs ago | via The Associated Press 

  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

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  11 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?

  12 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

• One year of the global financial crisis

  12 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage