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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

• Jeff Pelline: Tooting Sue's horn for good reason

  Saturday Jul 12 | via The Union 

  I admired Supervisor Sue Horne's hutzpa this week in deciding to "just say no" to a three- to eight-fold increase in fees for new residential building to help pay for road projects during the next 22 years.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Nevada County, CA, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Opinion

• Town stunned by death of Jim Mackey

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via The Union 

  Jim Mackey is shown at Nevada City's Constitution Day parade in September 2007. Even at age 82, Jim Mackey was running at full throttle on July 4th.

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  Related Topix: Nevada City, CA, Nevada County, CA, Real Estate

• Five accused of mortgage fraud

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Sacramento Bee Newspaper 

  A federal grand jury has indicted five Sacramento-area residents on mortgage fraud allegations.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro, Auburn, CA

• Attorney: 5 Charged In Mortgage Fraud Case

  Friday Jun 27 | via My58.com 

  A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment Thursday charging five people with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other related charges in a mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott ...

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  Related Topix: Auburn, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento Metro

• Vineyard Financial Services Completes Transition From Residential...

  Jun 20, 2008 | via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Release 

  Business loans of all types are provided. Vineyard Financial Services is please to announce that the transition from originating residential mortgage loans to originating all types of business financing.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Auburn, CA

Regional Headlines

• State home sales up 18%

  3 hrs ago | via LA Daily News 

  Home sales across California jumped nearly 18 percent during June compared with a year earlier as discounted foreclosures lured buyers back into the real-estate market, a trade association said Friday.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Housing, California, Real Estate, Foreclosures

• Median home prices fall by 6.1% in county

  3 hrs ago | via Pasadena Star-News 

  Los Angeles County's median home price fell 6.1 percent last month to $396,560 and was off a record 32.3 percent from a year earlier, the California Association of Realtors reported Friday.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Real Estate, California, San Gabriel, CA, Hacienda Heights, CA

• L.A. home sales up 1.7% in June

  15 hrs ago | via Daily Breeze 

  Home sales rose 1.7 percent in the Los Angeles area in June, compared with the same period a year ago, while the median home price fell 32.3 percent to $396,560, according to figures released today.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Los Angeles Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Housing, California, Orange County Metro

• East West impacted by housing crisis

  17 hrs ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  East West Bancorp, Inc. on Friday reported a $25.9 million loss for the second quarter, the bank's first shortfall since 1981.

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  Related Topix: California, Home, Mortgage, Financial Services, IndyMac Bancorp, Banking, East West Bancorp

• Second quarter foreclosures up 121%

  21 hrs ago | via San Jose Business Journal 

  Foreclosure filings were reported on 739,714 U.S. properties during the second quarter, nearly 14 percent up from the previous quarter and 121 percent higher than the year-ago quarter, according to a report ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California, Stockton Metro, San Bernardino, CA, Bakersfield Metro, Bakersfield, CA

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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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  4 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