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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

• Bank deal set to go despite loan woes

  Dec 29, 2007 | via Customer Interaction Solutions 

  Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Dec. 29--First Volunteer Corp., the parent company of First Volunteer Bank, is moving ahead with plans to buy Benton Banking Co in Benton, Tenn., in a deal expected to close Monday, ...

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  Related Topix: Ocoee, TN, Delano, TN, Riceville, TN, Home, Mortgage, Polk County, TN

Regional Headlines

• People in Business

  10 hrs ago | via The Tennessean 

  The National Association of Realtors awarded Irene Leonard of the Sumner County office of Bob Parks Realty LLC the designation of Realtor e-PRO. Vanessa Schimmels has joined Village Real Estate Services as an ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Marketing, Housing, Tennessee

• RealtyTrac: Memphis No. 25 in foreclosures

  Monday Jul 21 | via Memphis Business Journal 

  Memphis ranks 25th in foreclosures and Tennessee ranks 13th, according to second quarter data RealtyTrac Inc.

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  Related Topix: Tennessee, Foreclosures

• HOUSING: May 2008 foreclosures in your area

  Wednesday | via WBIR-TV Knoxville 

  As East Tennesseans struggle to make ends meet in a tough economy, some are losing their American Dream.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Tennessee

• First Horizon Execs Trumpet Efforts to Buck Losses

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via The Daily News 

  First Horizon National Corp., the Memphis-based parent company of First Tennessee Bank, has seen more than 50 percent of its share price evaporate since the beginning of this year.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tennessee, Opinion

• More

  Friday Jul 18 | via The Daily News Journal 

  Unemployment in Tennessee edged up by one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.5 percent in June compared to a month earlier, keeping the jobless rate here a full percentage point higher than the nation's rate.

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  Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Tennessee Government, Tennessee, Knoxville (University of Tennessee System), University of Tennessee System, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  10 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...

  10 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

  10 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

  11 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

  11 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