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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

• Housing crisis may be waning

  41 min ago | via Contra Costa Times 

  Home loans in default rocketed higher during the second quarter in the East Bay and elsewhere, and housing starts plunged to new depths.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Foreclosures, San Mateo County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Antioch, CA

• Hope for housing market grows despite painful numbers

  11 hrs ago | via Inside Bay Area 

  The housing market remains trapped in a quagmire, according to two reports released Tuesday, but some signs emerged that hint the sector could start to see daylight before long.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, San Mateo County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Solano County, CA, Foreclosures

• Bay Area foreclosures soar

  18 hrs ago | via Inside Bay Area 

  The number of homes entering foreclosure between April and June more than doubled in the East Bay, San Mateo and San Joaquin Counties from the same time a year ago, according to numbers released Tuesday by ...

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  Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA, Foreclosures, San Mateo County, CA, Home, Mortgage

• New State Program Offers $200M For First-Time Homebuyers

  Yesterday | via NBC11.com 

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the start of a program Monday that he said would provide relief for homeowners hit hard by the mortgage meltdown.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California, California Government, Contra Costa County, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Divorce gets complicated as economy turns sour

  Sunday | via Residential Real Estate 

  Steve Lederer, a residential real estate appraiser in San Ramon, was recently hired by a divorcing couple in Danville to appraise their home to determine its value for their divorce settlement.

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  Related Topix: Housing, San Ramon, CA, Contra Costa County, CA

Regional Headlines

• Calif. foreclosures jump to 20-yr high

  8 min ago | via Reuters 

  The number of homes lost to foreclosure in California soared to a 20-year high in the second quarter and mortgage default notices jumped to a record as well, underscoring the depth of the state's housing ...

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

• WA state to revoke license of CA mortgage company

  9 hrs ago | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  Washington state plans to revoke the license of a California mortgage broker. The state Department of Financial Institutions says an investigation has found Paramount Equity Mortgage, Inc.

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  Related Topix: California, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Foreclosures Hit 20 Year High in California

  13 hrs ago | via KCBS 

  More than 120,000 notices of default were mailed to California home owners in the second quarter of this year, up 125 percent from the second quarter of 2007.

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  Related Topix: California, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Foreclosures continue to skyrocket in California

  Yesterday | via KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo 

  DataQuick studies showed more than 63,000 California homes were lost to foreclosure between April and June."); var headline = escape ; OpenWin "> DataQuick studies showed more than 63,000 California homes were ...

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• California Foreclosures Soar To 20 Year High

  Aug 9, 2007 | via NBC11.com 

  A real estate research firm says foreclosures in California soared in the second quarter to the highest level in at least 20 years.

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National Headlines

• House to vote on foreclosure rescue

  4 min ago | via New Haven Register 

  The government would help struggling homeowners get new, cheaper loans and be allowed to offer troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a cash infusion as part of legislation that aims to calm the ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Against classified policy

  5 min ago | via Independent Record 

  For the past 10-12 years, I have occasionally used the IR to advertise apartment rentals.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Helena, MT, Opinion

• Bush To Sign "Carte Blanche" For Fannie And Freddie

  6 min ago | via Housing Doom 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to legislation aiming to calm the chaotic housing market despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, US News, US Treasury, Freddie Mac, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Taunton Woman Kills Herself After Losing Home to Foreclosure

  7 min ago | via WLNE-TV Providence 

  A tragic story out of Taunton Wednesday morning, after police say a woman who lost her home to foreclosure, took her own life.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Suicide, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  7 min ago | via SanLuisObispo.com 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Financial Services, Fannie Mae