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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

• United Community Banks net income down 40% in Q2

  Monday Jul 21 | via Atlanta Business Chronicle 

  United Community Banks Inc. , the third-largest bank holding company in Georgia, reported its net income dropped as loan loss provisions rose and loans decreased.

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  Related Topix: Blairsville, GA, Banking, Financial Services, United Community Banks, Home, Mortgage

• United Community stock declines

  May 28, 2008 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Shares of United Community Banks Inc. hit a multiyear low today after a Sterne Agee analyst said the Blairsville, Ga.-based regional bank faces a deteriorating real estate market in the Atlanta area and ... 2 comments

  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, United Community Banks, Blairsville, GA, Real Estate

• United Community Banks stock declines

  May 27, 2008 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  ASHEVILLE -- Shares of United Community Banks Inc. hit a multiyear low today after a Sterne Agee analyst said the Blairsville, Ga.-based regional bank faces a deteriorating real estate market in the Atlanta ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Banking, Financial Services, United Community Banks, North Carolina

• Business Whirl: Murray entrepreneur of year in state, region

  Apr 12, 2008 | via Athens Banner-Herald 

  The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Athens native Cody Murray, president and chief executive officer of Bethlehem screen printing operation Raw Talent Inc., the Entrepreneur of the Year for both ...

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  Related Topix: Blairsville, GA, Atlanta Metro, Housing

• Handmade touches, log cabin feel

  Mar 13, 2008 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who: Juliette and Randy Chatham; Juliette, 38, is a State Farm insurance agent. Randy, 41, owns BSI Mechanical, providers of industrial equipment.

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  Related Topix: East Ellijay, GA, Ellijay, GA, Fannin County, GA, Blue Ridge, GA, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• RealtyTrac: Georgia 8th in Q2 foreclosure rate, metro Atlanta 20th

  Monday Jul 21 | via Atlanta Business Chronicle 

  Georgia improved to the eighth-highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter, while metro Atlanta had the 20th-highest, according to RealtyTrac 's Second Quarter 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report published ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, Foreclosures

• TV Makeover Home In Foreclosure

  Thursday | via CBS 46 

  Every week the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" gives families the chance of a lifetime to have their home completely redone and paid for by somebody else.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Home Listing, Home, Georgia

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Keep the down payment assistance program

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who's to blame for the subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the nation? Wall Street bankers who've overleveraged their books by billions of dollars? Or first-time home buyers who received gifts of a few thousand ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Georgia

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday Jul 18 | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  9 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  9 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  9 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  10 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  10 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home