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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

• HSBC vs. Lisa Hayes :

  Thursday Jul 17 | via The Tribune 

  By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Jackson County, on Cause No.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Jackson County, IN, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro

• Despite economy, home sales stable

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via The Tribune 

  Sales of existing single-family homes and condominiums rose by 2 percent to 4.99 million units in May, the latest month for which such figures are available the National Association of Realtors reports.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Home Listing, Jackson County, IN

• Notice of Sheriff Sale, EMC vs. Melinda Guthrie :

  Thursday Jul 3 | via The Tribune 

  By virtue of a certified copy of a Decree to me directed from the Clerk of superior Court of Jackson County, Indiana, in Cause No.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Jackson County, IN, Seymour, IN

• TB&W vs. David Gorbett :

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via The Tribune 

  By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Jackson County, Indiana, in Cause No.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Jackson County, IN, Brownstown, IN

• Sheriff Sale, LaSalle vs. Fred Yutzy :

  Monday Jun 30 | via The Tribune 

  By virtue of a certified copy of a decree directed to me from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Jackson County, Indiana, in Cause No.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Jackson County, IN, Brownstown, IN, Seymour, IN

Regional Headlines

• Senate expected to pass bill with property tax break

  Thursday | via IndyStar.com 

  The Senate is expected to finish a housing bill as early as Friday that includes a scaled-back version of a property tax break sought in part by Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, Richard Lugar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Indiana, Foreclosures

• Hundreds of foreclosed homes up for auction

  Sunday Jul 20 | via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis 

  Nearly 100 homes in the metro market went up on the auction block Sunday. All of them were in foreclosure. 22 comments

  Related Topix: Indiana, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Recovery takes long-term approach

  Friday Jul 18 | via The Tribune 

  It's been six weeks since floodwaters inundated Jackson County and much of central and southern Indiana, leaving behind a path of costly destruction and scores of homeless residents.

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  Related Topix: Bartholomew County, IN, Seymour, IN, Indiana, Home, Mortgage

• Group may go to court to halt foreclosure sales

  Monday Jul 14 | via WNDU-TV South Bend 

  A national housing activist group is threatening legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana

• Dow wobbles but regains feet

  Friday Jul 11 | via IndyStar.com 

  Fears that the nation could slip into recession and drag down Indiana stirred on Friday after oil prices soared on war worries and a key stock market index reeled over concerns about mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via WLS 

  Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Aid for returning veterans in housing rescue bill

  5 min ago | via Star Tribune 

  The housing rescue bill Congress passed Saturday includes a provision by Sen. Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.

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  Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Norm Coleman, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  5 min ago | via Mix 104.5 KKMY-FM 

  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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  7 min ago | via Newsday.com 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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

• House Plants Joys and Benefits for the Indoor Gardener

  8 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  When you walk into a house that is filled with plants, you immediately feel at home.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Opinion