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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

Regional Headlines

• Senate expected to pass bill with property tax break

  Thursday | via IndyStar.com 

  The Senate is expected to finish a housing bill as early as Friday that includes a scaled-back version of a property tax break sought in part by Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, Richard Lugar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Indiana, Foreclosures

• Hundreds of foreclosed homes up for auction

  Sunday Jul 20 | via WISH-TV8 Indianapolis 

  Nearly 100 homes in the metro market went up on the auction block Sunday. All of them were in foreclosure. 22 comments

  Related Topix: Indiana, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Recovery takes long-term approach

  Friday Jul 18 | via The Tribune 

  It's been six weeks since floodwaters inundated Jackson County and much of central and southern Indiana, leaving behind a path of costly destruction and scores of homeless residents.

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  Related Topix: Bartholomew County, IN, Seymour, IN, Indiana, Home, Mortgage

• Group may go to court to halt foreclosure sales

  Monday Jul 14 | via WNDU-TV South Bend 

  A national housing activist group is threatening legal action to force Lake County's sheriff to halt the sale of foreclosed properties. 4 comments

  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Indiana

• Dow wobbles but regains feet

  Friday Jul 11 | via IndyStar.com 

  Fears that the nation could slip into recession and drag down Indiana stirred on Friday after oil prices soared on war worries and a key stock market index reeled over concerns about mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Indiana

National Headlines

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 min ago | via WSJV-TV South Bend 

  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

• Two more U.S. banks fail

  1 min ago | via John Dvorak 

  Federal regulators have closed two small Western banks, bringing to seven the number of U.S. banks that have failed this year.

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Financial Services, Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage

• Housing Stimulus Package to Stabilize Neighborhoods, Attract New Capital to Communities: LISC

  2 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

  The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 will help stabilize disinvested neighborhoods, offer relief to families stung by the foreclosure crisis and attract new capital to affordable housing developments ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• Apartment Industry Commends Congress For Learning From Past Mistakes...

  2 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

  The National Multi Housing Council /National Apartment Association joint legislative program issued the following statement by NMHC/NAA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Jim Arbury concerning the ...

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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  2 min ago | via The Oregonian 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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