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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

• Developer files new motion for Mortgages Ltd. Chapter 11 trustee

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  Another Mortgages Ltd. borrower filed a motion July 24 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court requesting that a Chapter 11 trustee be appointed to the case.

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  Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Maricopa County, AZ

• Condo resales show slight uptick

  23 hrs ago | via Northwest Valley News 

  The good news is that the number of homes sold in Maricopa County rose nearly 9 percent in June compared with May, according to an Arizona State University report.

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  Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Arizona State University, Housing, Foreclosures, Surprise, AZ, Sun City West, AZ

• Greater Phoenix Resale Market

  Yesterday | via East Valley Living 

  Name : Kathee Austin Email: editor@evliving.com Site: http://www.evliving.com/ See Authors Posts MESA, Ariz.

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  Related Topix: Mesa, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Housing, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Foreclosures

• Housing bill will help Valley foreclosures

  Thursday | via Arizona Republic 

  Since the beginning of this year there's been almost 17,000 foreclosures in the metro Phoenix area... up from almost 10,000 for all of 2007.

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

• Study: 4 of 10 Maricopa home sales in June were foreclosures

  Thursday | via Arizona Daily Star 

  More than 40 percent of home sales in Maricopa County were foreclosures during the month of June, according to a report released Thursday by Arizona State University.

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  Related Topix: Maricopa County, AZ, Arizona State University, Housing, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Feds close Scottsdale-based First National Bank of Arizona

  5 hrs ago | via Arizona Republic 

  First National Bank, the state's largest locally based bank and a specialist in lower-quality mortgages, was closed by regulators Friday, a victim of problem loans and the lingering real-estate slump.

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Arizona

• Ariz. ranks among worst states for foreclosures

  23 hrs ago | via East Valley Tribune 

  The number of Arizonans facing the possible loss of their homes continued mounting in the second quarter as one in every 70 households received a foreclosure filing, according to the latest data from ...

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Foreclosures, Arizona Government

• Family reunion, followed by 'Family Feud'

  Wednesday | via Scottsdale Tribune 

  Donya Sherman's appearance on the syndicated game show "Family Feud" was a truly special family affair.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Internet, Science / Technology, Bakersfield Metro

• Jody Davis

  Monday Jul 14 | via The Business Journal of Phoenix 

  A bill signed into law by Gov. Janet Napolitano last week will increase fraud protection and punish misrepresentation by regulating individual loan officers -- not just their employers.

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Arizona construction projects capture Golden Nugget awards

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Residential Real Estate 

  Four residential real estate projects involving Valley companies took home top honors from the annual Gold Nugget awards program June 26 in San Francisco.

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  Related Topix: Arizona, Housing

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  15 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...

  15 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

  15 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

  16 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

  16 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