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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

• Affordable townhouse plan moves forward

  Jun 2, 2008 | via The Westerly Sun 

  A park is being built on Pierce Street as part of an effort to revitalize the North End.

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  Related Topix: Foster, RI, Home, Mortgage, Westerly, RI, Washington County, RI

• Declines reported in Rhode Island home sales, prices

  Feb 1, 2008 | via Customer Interaction Solutions 

  Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Feb. 1--Rhode Island's housing market deteriorated at the end of last year, as single-family sales slowed to a crawl, prices inched down and inventory rose, according to two ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Washington County, RI, Newport County, RI

• Declines reported in R.I. home sales, prices

  Feb 1, 2008 | via Providence Journal 

  Rhode Island's housing market deteriorated at the end of last year, as single-family sales slowed to a crawl, prices inched down and inventory rose, according to two separate reports.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Washington County, RI

Regional Headlines

• Real Estate Notes

  Friday Jul 11 | via The Providence Journal 

  FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS SEMINAR: The Washington Trust Company and Rhode Island Housing will host a free seminar, First-Time Homebuying Made Easy, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23 at Washington Trust's office at ...

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  Related Topix: Cranston, RI, Home Buying, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Rhode Island, Foreclosures

• Low-paying jobs a drag on economy

  Friday Jun 27 | via Providence Business News 

  The sudden jump in Rhode Island's unemployment rate to 7.2 percent in May is grim proof that the state needs to accelerate its move to a "knowledge-based economy," some business leaders said last week.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Government, Providence, RI

• Bills on foreclosures await governor's approval

  Jun 23, 2008 | via Providence Journal 

  Banks that repossess foreclosed properties in Rhode Island will have to pay the properties' tax and utility bills in a more timely fashion and post bonds for the properties' upkeep if legislation approved by ...

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  Related Topix: Rhode Island, Rhode Island Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Providence, RI

• Housing recovery outlook bleak for R.I.'s

  Jun 23, 2008 | via Providence Journal 

  Rhode Island's deteriorating job market is expected to delay its recovery from what a new study describes as the nation's worst housing downturn in a generation.

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  Related Topix: Providence, RI, Rhode Island, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Condominium glut in R.I.

  May 14, 2008 | via The Providence Journal 

  Rhode Island's once-noisy condo market is barely making a peep. Sales of condominiums during the first quarter plunged 37 percent, as more units sat on the market unable to find buyers, according to data from ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Rhode Island, Real Estate

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  3 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...

  3 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

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  4 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

  4 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