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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
Some Wis. vacation rentals lack required licenses
Saturday Jun 28 | via Chicago Tribune
A Barron County resort owner says many people renting vacation homes in west-central Wisconsin may not have the proper licenses.
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Related Topix: Housing, Barron County, WI, Chetek, WI
Habitat for Humanity open house
May 15, 2008 | via Barron News
The public is invited to attend a dedication and open house for the newest Barron County Habitat for Humanity home on Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m. The home, built in partnership with Connie and Ryan Adkins and ...
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Related Topix: Haugen, WI, Rice Lake, WI, Barron County, WI, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance
Woman gets jail for arson of own house
May 2, 2008 | via Leader-Telegram
A former Barron school district teacher who set her house on fire for insurance money to cover debts was sent to jail for a year and placed on 15 years' probation Thursday in Barron County Court.
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Related Topix: Barron County, WI, Phillips, WI, Prentice, WI, Education Etc., Barron, WI, Home, Mortgage
Jan 3, 2008 | via Rice Lake Online
The Barron County Habitat for Humanity ReStore, located in the old Fritz Furniture building at 309 North 1st St.
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Related Topix: Barron County, WI, Mortgage, Home
Habitat to open ReStore in Cameron
Jan 1, 2008 | via The Chetek Alert
Work is under way to open the Barron County Habitat for Humanity ReStore, a retail business where donated new and used building materials, furniture and appliances will be sold at bargain prices to raise funds ...
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Related Topix: Cameron, WI, Barron County, WI, Home, Mortgage
Thursday Jul 10 | via The Daily Press
Senior citizens on fixed incomes aren't going to be surprised by the results of a report released this week that shows it is increasingly difficult to make ends meet.
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Related Topix: Bayfield, WI, Ashland, WI, Wisconsin, Social Security, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Opinion
Buyers lose recourse in frauds
Sunday Jul 6 | via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal
Home buyers who believe a seller has lied to them cannot sue for fraud to recover damages, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday.
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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Real Estate, Brookfield, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Milwaukee Metro
Kohl proposal aimed at foreclosure rescue scams
Sunday Jun 29 | via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal
Wisconsinites at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure could receive additional protections under a measure authored by Sen.
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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government
School districts misled on risks of investments, lawyer says
Wednesday Jul 9 | via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin school districts that put millions of borrowed dollars into complex investments to help pay employee retirement benefits were misled about the risks of the undertaking, an attorney hired by the ...
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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Retirement, Education Etc., Wisconsin, West Allis, WI
Wisconsin Supreme Court Applies Economic Loss Doctrine to Bar Fraud...
Tuesday Jul 8 | via ContractsProf Blog
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that the economic loss doctrine barred a buyer's claims for intentional misrepresentation in connection with a residential real estate purchase.
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Related Topix: Housing, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Home, Home Selling
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
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
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
28 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
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