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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
Mortgage tax revenue down about 42 percent for LI
8 hrs ago | via Newsday.com
Mortgage tax collection across Long Island plunged by about $94 million, or 42 percent, in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2007, a result of continued weakness in the real estate ...
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Related Topix: Real Estate, New York Metro
From the Desk of New York State Senator Craig Johnson
Friday Jul 11 | via Mineola American
New York State Senator Craig M. Johnson gave the just-completed legislative session a barely passing grade, with progress muted by half-steps taken to address important issues and vital legislation that was ...
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Related Topix: Long Island University, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Opinion
GeoData Plus Creates the First Zoning Map for Nassau County, New York
Friday Jul 11 | via Directions Magazine
With over 60 municipalities, there has never before been one zoning map for all of Nassau County - until now.
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Related Topix: Carle Place, NY, Foreclosures, Nassau County, NY
Jun 16, 2008 | via Commercial Property News
In anticipation of the October grand opening of the 128-room Hyatt Place hotel, Sunshine Hotel Group L.L.C. announced today the addition of Skye Buckner as director of sales.
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Living in: Cedarhurst, southwestern Nassau County
Jun 13, 2008 | via Newsday.com
For a small village, Cedarhurst - one of the Five Towns communities in southwest Nassau County - has much to offer.
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Related Topix: Nassau County, NY, Real Estate, Cedarhurst, NY, Woodmere, NY
National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter
8 hrs ago | via Lansing State Journal
NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.
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Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services
Irwin to sell home equity loans for $1B
2 hrs ago | via IBJ.COM
Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. said late yesterday that it has struck a deal to sell $1 billion of home equity loans to a New York firm and to securitize an additional block of loans with the same firm.
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Related Topix: New York, Irwin Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage
For the Record: News and Notices from Local Elected OfficialsJuly 24, 2008
13 hrs ago | via The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer , Assemblyman Michael Cusick and Assemblyman Matthew Titone announced the Assembly passed legislation addressing the subprime mortgage crisis and providing some assistance to ...
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Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, New York
Fed Report Portrays Grim Economy
21 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine
The Federal Reserve's Beige Book report for the latest six-week period portrays the economy as increasingly weak across most of the U.S. All 12 districts reported slower home sales, continuing big inventories ...
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National City Rises as Chief Executive Says Bank Has `Sufficient Capital'
22 hrs ago | via Bloomberg
National City Corp. rose as much as 11 percent in New York trading after Chief Executive Officer Peter Raskind said the bank, Ohio's largest, has enough capital to survive the credit-market contraction.
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Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services, IndyMac Bancorp
Washington Mutual Bond Risk Rises as Credit-Default Swaps Climb to Record
2 min ago | via Bloomberg Business News
The cost to protect Washington Mutual Inc. bonds from default rose for a third day to a record amid concern that the biggest U.S. savings and loan won't be able to weather the worst housing crisis since the ...
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Related Topix: Financial Services, Stamford, CT, Stamford Metro, New Haven Metro, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage
Foreclosure Filings More Than Double
2 min ago | via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4
The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.
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Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Housing, Foreclosures
Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday
3 min ago | via WAND-TV Decatur
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
Michigan ranks 7th in foreclosures
4 min ago | via MLive.com
Michigan ranked seventh in the country in foreclosures during the second quarter of this year, according to data released July 25 by RealtyTrac.
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Related Topix: Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro
More people are out of work than expected this month
6 min ago | via WBIR-TV Knoxville
A domino effect on Wall Street. A down day triggered by dismal earnings posted by Ford, a steep drop in existing home sales, and a spike in jobless claims.
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Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Housing, Ford, Mortgage
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