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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

• Insurance bills marked up in subcommittee

  Thursday | via Daily Record 

  Three insurance-related bills were marked up by the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises last week.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Pulaski County Records Battle

  Sunday Jun 29 | via ArkansasMatters 

  Sensitive personal records that are also of public record have been available at American courthouses for more than 70 years.

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  Related Topix: Pulaski County, AR, Home, Mortgage, Social Security, Little Rock, AR

• Arkansas Business On THV: Luxury Home Sales

  Monday Jun 23 | via KTHV-TV 

  Arkansas Business takes a look at who's buying million-dollar homes in Pulaski County.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Pulaski County, AR

• Sales of Upscale Housing Fall, Reflecting Greater Trend

  Sunday Jun 22 | via ArkansasBusiness.com 

  Upscale residential real estate sales in Pulaski County have dropped compared with last year, but the drop follows a trend in the larger market.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Pulaski County, AR

• Warehouse Shift in Jacksonville Worth $3 Million

  Jun 8, 2008 | via ArkansasBusiness.com 

  A 70,000-SF warehouse project in Jacksonville shifted ownership in a transaction valued at $3 million.

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  Related Topix: Jacksonville, FL, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Economy Forces Arkansans to Borrow From 401K Plans

  Sunday Jul 13 | via KATV Little Rock 

  For many Arkansans, these tough economic times are forcing them to take drastic economic measures.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, 401K, Arkansas, Arkansas Government

• Twin Lakes Area real estate market hangs on to value

  Friday Jul 11 | via Baxter Bulletin 

  Homes sales in Baxter and Marion counties declined in May while average prices increased.

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  Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, Hot Springs, AR, Arkansas, Housing, Real Estate

• Help for Foreclosures in Region 8

  Monday Jul 7 | via KAIT-TV Jonesboro 

  In the past two years the number of foreclosures has doubled nationwide and we're starting to see the impact here in Region 8. While there are a lot of people in Region 8 that haven't been touched by the ...

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

• Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect

  Friday Jul 4 | via Log Cabin Democrat 

  The image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot on her television screen was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind when the mother ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning them to lock the ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Reality TV, Crime TV, Entertainment, Television, Arkansas

• Bush to Visit Arkansas to Talk Housing, Raise GOP Cash

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via ArkansasBusiness.com 

  A staff member at a housing-counseling program where President Bush planned to talk with clients says increases in fuel and food prices have put many Arkansans in a budget squeeze.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Arkansas, Little Rock Metro, North Little Rock, AR, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  10 min ago | via Shropshire Star 

  Ask yourself this question: What is Ludlow best known for? Your answer will probably include a few of the following: Fantastic restaurants, a beautiful castle, glorious countryside, vibrant festivals and a rich ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  12 min ago | via Alaska Journal of Commerce 

  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

• Property cools in capital with glum economy

  14 min ago | via Viet Nam News 

  Certain sectors of the Ha Noi real estate markets have cooled over the past few months as a result of the global economic slowdown, domestic inflation and limited liquidity on the market driven by high interest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ha Tay, Vietnam, World News, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Vietnam

• Why would Fed delay revision of rules?

  19 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  The Federal Reserve Board has signed off on new rules to help the rising tide of mortgage delinquencies by barring lenders from making loans without proof of a borrower's income and requiring lenders to ensure ...

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

• No slowdown for the downtown

  21 min ago | via Edmonton Sun 

  As executive director of the Downtown Business Association of Edmonton, it's a given Jim Taylor would be revved up about the city's core.

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  Related Topix: University of Houston System, Downtown (University of Houston System), Housing, Arlington (University of Texas System), University of Texas System, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Alberta, Opinion