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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

• Saltmeadow Properties

  Apr 3, 2008 | via Ellsworth American 

  With offices in Blue Hill and Castine, Saltmeadow Properties maintains listings of some of the most unique properties on the Blue Hill peninsula.

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  Related Topix: Castine, ME, Blue Hill, ME, Real Estate

• Council Cash ...

  Mar 7, 2008 | via Mount Desert Islander 

  The Acadia Council of Realtors, an association of Realtors in Hancock County, recently made a major donation to help the Beth C. Wright Cancer Center in Ellsworth.

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  Related Topix: Hancock County, ME, Ellsworth, ME, Real Estate

• 2 Hancock County realty agents to join Katrina relief effort in Ala.

  Dec 24, 2007 | via Bangor Daily News 

  More than two years after Hurricane Katrina rocked the Gulf Coast, the support for residents of that region hasn't necessarily diminished, only the publicity.

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  Related Topix: Hancock County, ME, Blue Hill, ME, Ellsworth, ME, Home Listing, Home, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer

  Thursday | via Earthlink 

  More Maine woman shocked to find 8-foot snake in washer Nuisance wildlife specialist Richard Burton, left, holds an 8-foot long non-venomous reticulated python as wildlife rehabilitator Jen Lewis calls a friend ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Maine, Gorham, ME, Offbeat

• Cutting torch caused fire at Maine boatyard

  Monday Jul 14 | via WBZ-AM Allston 

  The Maine fire marshal's office says a blaze that destroyed a well-known boatyard was caused by sparks from a cutting torch.

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  Related Topix: Maine, Natural Disasters, Maine Government, Wildfire, Fire, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• 'Your Piece of Maine' winners announced; local receives $5,000

  Thursday Jul 10 | via York Weekly 

  The Maine Association of REALTORS announced the winners of the "Your Piece of Maine" YouTube contest at a Portland Sea Dogs pre-game ceremony on June 28 at Hadlock Field in Portland.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Maine, Maine Government, Kennebunk, ME, Holden, ME

• 3 words to solve the problem Solar Thermal Heating put the black

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Cape Cod Today 

  N/AF Fair [ Forecast ] :: Monday, June 30th, 2008 Alberto's Ristorante Exquisite Northern Italian cuisine served in a casually elegant atmosphere.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Home Listing, Maine, Maine Government

• Sunday Morning Breakfast and a Lunch Buffet at the Maine Dish

  Friday Jun 20 | via Village Soup 

  BELFAST : BELFAST, YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT!!! SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST BUFFET!! OVER 20 ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM HOT AND COLD! COME ON IN, RELAX AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE BAY.

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  Related Topix: Maine, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Economy needs stability before regulation

  4 min ago | via The Herald 

  Economy needs stability before regulation By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- Henry Paulson was in shirt sleeves Thursday afternoon in his office at the Treasury Department, tie loose at the collar, feet propped up ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Freddie Mac files with Us Sec, first step to capital

  7 min ago | via ABS-CBN News 

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae

• Earnings Outlook: Bank of America heads parade firms aiming to show turnaround

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Is it turnaround time for banks? Bank of America Corp. BAC , , ) tops the list of major U.S. financial firms reporting earnings next week, and investors will be looking to see if the nation's second-largest ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase , Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage

• Rental market not benefitting from mortgage turmoil in Valley

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Record numbers of Valley families may be losing their homes to foreclosure, but they apparently are not moving into vacant apartments.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Merced County, CA, Foreclosures, Stanislaus County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

• Welcoming foreclosure

  8 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