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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

• You really want this job?

  Yesterday | via The Bennington Banner 

  AsJohn McCain and Barack Obama appear around our country, seeking to be the next president of the United States of America, I wonder if they ever stop and ask themselves that question.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Mortgage, Opinion

• Vermont Tackles Winter Heating Assistance

  Saturday Jun 28 | via WCAX-TV Burlington 

  Summer has provided a welcome break from the heating season. But state officials and consumers alike are worried about what next winter will bring in terms of fuel prices and supply.

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  Related Topix: Bennington County, VT, Vermont, Mortgage, Home

• Survey reveals downsizing trend for homes

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Inman 

  Let the home-size debate begin. According to a survey of home-design trends, the era of super-sized homes is giving way to downsizing -- the American Institute of Architects suggests this is a possible ...

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate

• Housing funds OK'd

  May 22, 2008 | via North Adams Transcript 

  St. Raphael's Catholic Church on Cole Avenue could be turned into eight affordable one- and two-bedroom apartments for families and individuals earning between $35,000 and $40,000. Voters overwhelming approved ... 2 comments

  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

• Birdhouses make cozy connection for RAHC

  May 16, 2008 | via The Bennington Banner 

  This event isn't one for the birds. On the other hand, it could be. Some of the birdhouses about 20 area artists and craftspeople are finishing up in time for an unveiling at the Bennington Center for the Arts ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Bennington County, VT, Bennington, VT, Manchester, VT

Regional Headlines

• My Turn: The real 'cost' of Rep. Kitzmiller

  Friday Jul 11 | via BurlingtonFreePress.com 

  In a recent e-mail to his constituents, Rep. Warren Kitzmiller wrote about workers' compensation insurance, 'Many in the business community were disappointed that I refused to slash benefits , but I think the ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Vermont

• Selling Fully Furnished

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Hartford Courant 

  Ralph and Catherine DeLeo have spent the past 10 years traveling around the world and, along the way, buying items to furnish their Southbury home.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Vermont, Housing

• Real Estate Market 2008

  Monday Jul 7 | via VermontGuides.com 

  "Today's market is very different from where it was 10 years ago, when clients came to brokers for the information because they couldn't get it anywhere else.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Real Estate, Vermont

• Vermont foreclosures rise as economy falters

  Friday Jul 4 | via Burlington Free Press 

  Economic troubles are to blame for rising foreclosure filings throughout Vermont, the state banking department's deputy commissioner said.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Chittenden County, VT, Vermont, Vermont Government, Foreclosures, Rutland County, VT

• State data: foreclosures continue to rise in Vermont

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Burlington Free Press 

  There are more than twice as many foreclosure filings in Chittenden County, compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the state banking department today.

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  Related Topix: Vermont, Chittenden County, VT, Foreclosures

National Headlines

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

  1 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

  2 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

  2 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

  3 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

  3 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