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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

• Affinity program company president sells home in Boca Raton

  Monday Jul 14 | via South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

  On June 20, Allan S. Horlick and his wife, Darlene, sold their four-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom home at 5778 NW 23rd Way in Boca Raton for $797,500 to Victor Imber and Wioletta Tkaczyk.

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  Related Topix: Boca Raton, FL, Housing

• Fort Lauderdale financial adviser sells in Boca Raton

  Monday Jul 14 | via South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

  Victor R. Miranda and his wife, Sally, sold a four-bedroom, 3.5-bath at 5882 NW 25th Ct.

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  Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Boca Raton, FL, Housing

• Offer back on the table for county building

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Jackson County Floridan 

  It appears the Walgreens drug store chain has renewed its interest in buying the building that now houses Jackson County's Community Development, code enforcement and weatherization program offices.

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  Related Topix: Marianna, FL, Real Estate, Jackson County, FL

• Bluegreen Corporation Renews $30 Million Revolving Line of Credit with Wells Fargo Foothill

  Friday Jul 11 | via Street Talk 

  BOCA RATON, FL: Bluegreen Corporation , a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play , July 10 announced the renewal of its $30 million revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Foothill , part of ...

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  Related Topix: West Palm Beach Metro, Boca Raton, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Services, Construction, Real Estate, Bluegreen

• Economy puts bite on restaurants

  Monday Jul 7 | via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online 

  When Realtor Aswin Suri lunched recently at Delphine -- American Brasserie, the Beach Street eatery was busy.

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  Related Topix: Deland, FL, West Palm Beach Metro, Boca Raton, FL, Real Estate, Restaurant Management

Regional Headlines

• Foreclosures Will Moderate as Home Prices Continue to Fall

  4 hrs ago | via Seeking Alpha 

  There will come a time when most of the homeowners that intend to walk away from their mortgages have done so.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Construction, Toll Brothers, Florida

• Housing headaches: California and Florida still top foreclosure list

  15 hrs ago | via KansasCity.com 

  California and Florida cities continue to account for most of the nation’s foreclosure activity, according to the monthly RealtyTrac report that monitors 230 metropolitan areas.RealtyTrac reported in its ...

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  Related Topix: University of California System, UC Merced, Cape Coral, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Miami Metro, Florida, Foreclosures

• Crist should stay away until news improves

  19 hrs ago | via Palm Beach Post 

  If I were Charlie Crist, I'd extend my stay in Europe. Our governor, in case you didn't know it, has been leading a group of 90 business and government officials on a European trade mission to England, France, ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Florida, Florida Government

• Drummond Made Its Dorchester Model Larger, Not Smaller

  23 hrs ago | via The Ledger 

  In today's much-maligned real estate market, the Drummond Co. decided it had to reboot a new model of homes for another phase of the Grasslands Golf and Country Club.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Florida

• Pro Bono Foreclosure Prevention Project

  Yesterday | via The Town-Crier Newspaper 

  Pro Bono Foreclosure Prevention Project The Florida Bar Foundation and Florida Legal Services are seeking members of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar to assist homeowners ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Florida, Royal Palm Beach, FL

National Headlines

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  6 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, US News

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  3 hrs ago | via The Associated Press 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  9 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  9 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• One year of the global financial crisis

  10 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage