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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 sales jumped in May

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Ann Arbor News 

  Allegan County saw nearly 7 inches of rain fall Saturday and Sunday, and was left so awash in pathogens that the county health department is advising people to avoid contact with suspect beaches and any surface ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Allegan County, MI, Washtenaw County, MI, Weather

• County housing market reflects poor economy

  Feb 21, 2008 | via Allegan County News 

  The Allegan County Clerk/Register of Deeds' annual report shows some positive, but weak trends for the county's economy.

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  Related Topix: Allegan County, MI, Otsego, MI, Foreclosures

• Macatawa Bank Corporation Reports 2007 Annual and 4th Quarter Results

  Jan 14, 2008 | via PrimeNewswire 

  Macatawa Bank Corporation today announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and for the full year.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Local news year in review: People take actions to support their causes

  Dec 31, 2007 | via Kalamazoo Gazette Extra - MLive.com 

  Posted by Kalamazoo Gazette staff December 31, 2007 09:47AM Top ten local news stories of 2007 1. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety turmoil and turnover.

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  Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Foreclosures, Kalamazoo County, MI

• Lender seeks to keep Metron open

  Dec 12, 2007 | via Kalamazoo Gazette 

  A Baltimore private-equity firm has moved to keep open the former Metron nursing home here.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Okemos, MI, Clare County, MI, Bloomingdale, MI, Farwell, MI

Regional Headlines

• Inflation takes hold in Europe

  7 hrs ago | via Detroit News 

  It took a few months. But the economic woes touched off by soaring oil prices and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States are finally engulfing Europe.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Charlotte (University of North Carolina System), University of North Carolina System, Michigan

• University comes to Michigan's rescue

  Thursday | via Holland Sentinel 

  As job losses, foreclosures and other woes continue to batter Michigan, an unlikely savior has emerged from the halls of academia.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Michigan, Michigan Government, Ann Arbor (University of Michigan System)

• Big players in real estate now on the same team

  Thursday | via LivingstonDaily 

  Two of the biggest names in real estate in Livingston County have combined and created a new force in the market.

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  Related Topix: Livingston County, MI, Howell, MI, Real Estate, Brighton, MI, Michigan

• Announces Disaster Assistance for Michigan Storm Victims

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via HUD 

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 11 storm-ravaged counties in Michigan and provide support to homeowners and low-income ...

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

• An unconstitutional amendment

  Sunday Jul 13 | via LivingstonDaily 

  What happens when a constitutional amendment is so complicated that the amendment itself becomes unconstitutional? We might be about to find out.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Michigan, Michigan Government, Opinion

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  8 min ago | via The Herald 

  Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage-finance giant, on Friday took a major step with the Securities and Exchange Commission toward selling billions of dollars of stock.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission

• Welcoming foreclosure

  2 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  Ralph Stover has good credit and a steady job. But he took out a risky interest-only first mortgage and a second mortgage to buy a new 1,900-square-foot condominium in 2003 with no money down.

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

• Seven Days, Seven Projects for a Kitchen that Sells

  26 min ago | via Tideland News 

  In today's market, selling a home involves much more than posting a "for-sale" sign in the yard.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Construction

• Affordable Bathroom Updates

  27 min ago | via Tideland News 

  With the slowdown in the real estate market, more people are looking for ways to add value to their homes and make them stand out from the rest.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

• Honor Your Word, or This Banker May Call Mom

  27 min ago | via HendersonvilleNews.com 

  Mary Milton, left, of Trapp, Md., treats herself to complimentary popcorn at Easton Bank and Trust in Easton, Md.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Home, Mortgage, Easton, MD