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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

• Electric changes

  Jan 17, 2008 | via Roanoke Times 

  An abandoned municipal utility building's transformation into a cafe, art gallery, pet boutique and dog grooming business has given Centertown Bedford what some say is the ambience of a metropolitan city.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Home Remodeling, Evington, VA, Bedford County, VA, Home Listing

Regional Headlines

• Central Kentucky's housing market shows resiliency

  3 hrs ago | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Fewer people in The Bluegrass are signing their names to home mortgages, but if you have the money, now might be the perfect time to buy.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Lexington Metro, Lexington, KY, Housing, Home Selling, Kentucky

• 'No housing bust here, just a leveling off'

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Marshall County Tribune-Courier 

  'No housing bust here, just a leveling off' By Misti Strader Tribune-Courier News Editor mstrader@tribunecourier.com BENTON - Plummeting home prices nationwide have caused concern among local buyers and ...

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  Related Topix: Benton, KY, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Kentucky, Home Listing, Home

• Home foreclosures down in Kentucky

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Home foreclosure filings declined nearly 2 percent in Kentucky and 3 percent nationwide in June, RealtyTrac said Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Kentucky, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Housing outlook stays gloomy

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Kentucky.com 

  Signs are emerging that the U.S. housing market's long slump is likely to continue through the summer, and might not recover for at least another year.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Real Estate, Housing, Kentucky, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Property Transfers: June 12-21, 2008

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY 

  June 12: Joe D. and Sandra L. Taylor, 60.17 acres on Cedar Grove Church Road to John Wayne York, $332. Nelda Mae Bowman, 2.25 acres on Mt.

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  Related Topix: Kentucky, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Faith, trust in God is good for community

  4 min ago | via The Leaf Chronicle 

  I'm responding to the article dated June 29, 2008, "Local industry a big deal to Little." First of all, I would like to say in the rise of the real estate market there was one good thing I found when moving to ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Clarksville, TN, Opinion

• Letter: Council decisions

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Editor: After reading Stuart Rawling's letter of July 11, I would also like to add some of my additional concerns regarding the City Council and its decisions.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Welcoming foreclosure

  1 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

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  6 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

• Seven Days, Seven Projects for a Kitchen that Sells

  25 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