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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

• NC residents recall OLF fight

  Feb 18, 2008 | via WAVY-TV Portsmouth 

  Now that the Navy has to find a new site for its proposed outlying landing field, it's also looking at a new approach to gaining approval.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Washington County, NC, Norfolk Metro

Regional Headlines

• Editorial: GOP 'Pride in Doing Nothing'

  Wednesday | via Falls Church News-Press 

  As the City of Falls Church's representative to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority , City Council David Snyder delivered a scathing indictment against the House Republicans in Richmond who killed ...

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  Related Topix: Falls Church, VA, Virginia, Home, Mortgage, Prince William County, VA, Opinion

• Country Hit By Glut of Gloomy Economic News, Led By Inflation

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Air America Radio 

  Virginian - Pilot By MARTIN CRUTSINGER The Associated Press WASHINGTON The U.S. economic downturn gained steam Tuesday, with a report of the highest inflation since the early 1980s, more bad news for banks and ...

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Fannie Mae

• Fed Moves to Protect Homebuyers in Future

  Monday Jul 14 | via Air America Radio 

  Virginian - Pilot By JEANNINE AVERSA By Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press WASHINGTON Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve is ready to give homebuyers more protection from the types of shady ...

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Washington University in Saint Louis, Washington College, Washington State University, Foreclosures, Ben Bernanke

• June 2008 Most Expensive Sales in Northern Virginia

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Virginia Real Estate News 

  All information was obtained through MRIS. JUNE'S MOST EXPENSIVE SALES Single Family Detached Homes: 1028 Towlston Road, McLean, VA 22102 -- Sold on June 26th for $5,800,000 . This 7 bedroom 7 full bath home ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Fairfax County, VA, Fairfax, VA, Falls Church, VA, Great Falls, VA, Virginia

• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Small Business, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  2 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

• 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

• Seven Days, Seven Projects for a Kitchen that Sells

  21 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

• Affordable Bathroom Updates

  22 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

  22 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