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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

• Grand Jury indicts Ray Goodman

  May 8, 2008 | via Tifton Gazette 

  The Tift County Grand Jury has indicted Tifton businessman Charles Ray Goodman on 15 counts of first degree forgery and 17 counts of theft by deception.

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  Related Topix: Tifton, GA, Housing, Tift County, GA

• Jan. 17 - Tifton businessman charged with forgery, theft by deception

  Jan 17, 2008 | via Tifton Gazette 

  The owner of a local mobile home sales business was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with 10 counts of theft by deception and 13 counts of first-degree forgery.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Tifton, GA, Berrien County, GA, Tift County, GA, Alapaha, GA

Regional Headlines

• RealtyTrac: Georgia 8th in Q2 foreclosure rate, metro Atlanta 20th

  Monday Jul 21 | via Atlanta Business Chronicle 

  Georgia improved to the eighth-highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter, while metro Atlanta had the 20th-highest, according to RealtyTrac 's Second Quarter 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report published ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, Foreclosures

• TV Makeover Home In Foreclosure

  17 hrs ago | via CBS 46 

  Every week the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" gives families the chance of a lifetime to have their home completely redone and paid for by somebody else.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Home Listing, Home, Georgia

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  Wednesday | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  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: Georgia, George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Keep the down payment assistance program

  Tuesday | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who's to blame for the subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the nation? Wall Street bankers who've overleveraged their books by billions of dollars? Or first-time home buyers who received gifts of a few thousand ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Georgia

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday Jul 18 | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

National Headlines

• Existing Home Sales Drop Again

  13 min ago | via On Wall Street 

  June proved to be a pretty hot month, but not in the housing market. The latest figure from the National Association of Realtors shows that existing home sales in June fell, as did the median price of a home.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Real Estate, Housing

• Stock market outlook mixed

  13 min ago | via The Toronto Star 

  Overseas stock markets were gloomy but Wall Street index futures pointed to a modest recovery Friday from the previous session's sharp losses.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New Brunswick, Canada, Canada, Woodstock Area, NB, Juniper, NB, York (Toronto, ON), Ontario, Toronto, ON

• John Edwards in town

  13 min ago | via Off the Kuff 

  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards was in town this week to promote his anti-poverty agenda.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election

• U.S. 2Q foreclosure filings more than double 8:28 Am CT

  14 min ago | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro

• Federal Bill Will Provide Incentive To 2nd Lienholders To Allow Refinance

  14 min ago | via The Real Estate Bloggers 

  While I am still not thrilled with the 300 billion dollar housing bill working it's way through Congress, they did insert some logic into the process.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage