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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

• Thumbs - Saturday, June 28, 2008

  Friday Jun 27 | via Register-herald.com 

  Thumbs up ... to William "Sarge" McGhee, whose talents are exhibited across Mullens in the numerous murals depicting life in the once-bustling railroad town.

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  Related Topix: Mullens, WV, West Virginia, Beckley, WV, Fayette County, WV, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

• W.Va. real estate market defies national trends

  May 28, 2008 | via The Ottumwa Courier 

  Despite national news stories this weekend claiming doom and gloom in the real estate market, West Virginia's housing market remains stable, according to the West Virginia Association of Realtors.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate

• Commercial growth in Beckley continues

  Jun 8, 2008 | via Register-herald.com 

  The number of new businesses in Beckley continues to amaze me. Each week, it seems like I am hearing about another new business in the area.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Princeton, WV, Beckley, WV

• Celebrating a milestone - Grads crossing stages to challenging futures

  May 30, 2008 | via Bluefield Daily Telegraph 

  Standing on the doorway leading to adult roles and responsibilities, graduation is always a time of excitement tinged with apprehension.

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  Related Topix: Beckley, WV, Housing, Opinion

• Editorial: Homelessness

  Mar 25, 2008 | via Bluefield Daily Telegraph 

  It's everybody's problem; we all need to find solutions THE REGISTER-HERALD Editorial: Homelessness It's everybody's problem; we all need to find solutions Opinion: The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. There was ...

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  Related Topix: Beckley, WV, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

Regional Headlines

• Helping companies - absolutely right'

  Thursday | via Register-herald.com 

  Tossing a life-saving raft out to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, struggling to stay afloat in a sea of red ink, is an idea backed by some members of West Virginia's congressional delegation.

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Small Business, Personal Finance

• Housing authority celebrates its 50 years

  Saturday Jul 12 | via The Times West Virginian 

  For 50 years, the Fairmont Housing Authority has been providing decent, affordable homes and financing for low- to moderate-income individuals in two cities and four counties across the region.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, Home, Mortgage

• Court Strips West Va. Bank Executive of Punitive Damages Award

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Insurance Journal West 

  A West Virginia man who says his association with the failed First National Bank of Keystone cost him his banking career should be stripped of a $2.4 million damage award, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, US News, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Financial Services, Accounting, Home, Mortgage

• More schools to face law's consequences

  May 13, 2008 | via The Times West Virginian 

  Pink slips for principals and teachers. School-funded tutoring for poor kids. Schools are increasingly looking at those kind of consequences for failing to raise math and reading scores.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, West Virginia, Family, Kids, Education Etc.

National Headlines

• Governor needs to work with Pelosi to save Medi-Cal

  6 min ago | via San Jose Mercury News 

  If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to save health care coverage for poor and disabled Californians, he should get House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the phone - and soon.

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  Related Topix: Elderly, Family, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Opinion

• Loan program may help borrowers in trouble

  7 min ago | via San Francisco Chronicle 

  Although it has hundreds of pages and dozens of separate initiatives - including revamping federal oversight of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - the centerpiece is a $300 billion program designed to ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Editorial: Skeptical eyes on reverse mortgages

  8 min ago | via Star Tribune 

  Swanson, FBI are right to urge caution. Last update: July 19, 2008 - 5:08 PM A NEW MARKET "You have a lot of unemployed mortgage people, brokers, bankers who are in trouble, looking for the next big profit ...

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  Related Topix: Health, AARP, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  8 min ago | via Athens Banner-Herald 

  Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US News, Housing, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Realtors Get Creative During Summertime Sales Blues

  8 min ago | via Banker & Tradesman 

  Boston-based Charlesgate Realty Group recently had a catered open house for 290 Marlborough St.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Back Bay (Boston, MA), Boston, MA