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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

• Home sellers try different tactics to lure buyers

  22 hrs ago | via Grand Rapids Press 

  Home construction continued its steep decline in West Michigan during the second quarter, although a few builders say there are signs of renewed activity.

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  Related Topix: Ada, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Housing, Kent County, MI

• Fair housing advocates urge stop to foreclosures

  May 1, 2008 | via Grand Rapids Press 

  Discrimination is a hidden factor in the nation's mortgage crisis, creating a cost for everyone, according to fair housing advocates Wednesday.

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

• Essex couple find ID mixup a frustrating, lonely ordeal

  Mar 30, 2008 | via BurlingtonFreePress.com 

  ESSEX -- David and Jennifer Fountain thought they lucked out in early 2001, when their annual mortgage interest statement was returned promptly after it was sent in error to a Michigan man, also named David ...

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  Related Topix: Wyoming, MI, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Byron Center, MI

• Foreclosures dominate recent Grand Rapids home sales

  Mar 26, 2008 | via WZZM 

  A leading Grand Rapids realtor Wednesday said foreclosures are having a huge impact on the local housing market. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, Foreclosures, Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Kent County, MI

• Home sales up as prices tumble

  Mar 25, 2008 | via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids 

  Prices have plummeted in major United States cities by an average of 11.5 percent. 11 comments

  Related Topix: Housing, Kent County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed

  5 hrs ago | via MSN Money 

  Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Black and Decker, Appliances, Household Products, Housing, Legg Mason, Financial Services, Investment Services, Coventry Health Care

• Existing home sales fall 2.6% in June

  15 hrs ago | via Detroit Free Press 

  Home sales continued to decline nationwide in June and inventories rose, the National Association of Realtors reported this morning.

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

• West Michigan home sellers try different tactics to lure buyers

  Yesterday | via Ann Arbor News 

  Redstone Group Sales Consultant Jennifer Krzykwa, center, talks with Ellen and Richard Erdmann, of Grandville, on Wednesday at a wine and art open house at Aberdeen Ridge Condominiums.

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  Related Topix: Grandville, MI, Home Building, Home, Ada, MI, Housing, Michigan, Ottawa County, MI

• Suite Talk July 24, 2008

  Yesterday | via Washington Examiner 

  Jonathan L. Kempner, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, is stepping down at the end of the year.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Mortgage, Personal Finance, George Washington University

• Business news briefs

  Yesterday | via Clinton County News 

  Independent Bank Corp. swung to a profit during the second quarter. The bank, which has a regional office in East Lansing, reported Wednesday it earned $3.35 million, or 15 cents per share, for the three-month ...

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Independent Bank, Home, Mortgage, Michigan

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  3 min ago | via The Washington Post 

  Robert Johnson, who is building a resort in Liberia, says African Americans "have a responsibility" to support the West African nation.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  3 min ago | via WAOW-TV Wausau 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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

• Housing construction continues slump in St. Louis

  3 min ago | via STLtoday 

  Sales of new houses nationwide fell in June, prolonging a deep slump and other data show the St.

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• Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part One

  3 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic 

  A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Human Services provides various assistances services

  3 min ago | via Mason Valley News 

  The Lyon County Human Services Department offers a wide variety of programs and services to families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and shelter.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Home, Mortgage, Fernley, NV, Silver Springs, NV, Yerington, NV