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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

• Bexar County foreclosure filings slide below 900

  Jun 12, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Bexar County foreclosure filings dipped below 900 for the first time in five months, continuing a general trend of declines.

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  Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Foreclosures, San Antonio Metro, San Antonio, TX

• Nonprofit Group Helping Troubled Homeowners

  May 21, 2008 | via KSAT-TV San Antonio 

  In two weeks, 949 Bexar County homes will go on the auction block because of foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Bexar County, TX, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

• S.A.'s existing-home sales decrease, but prices rise

  May 20, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  In San Antonio, fewer existing homes were sold in April than last year, but the bad news is tempered by increased sales prices and foreclosure rates that have remained flat.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, San Antonio Metro, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Bexar County, TX

• Appraisals up average of 4.4 percent

  Apr 17, 2008 | via MySA.com 

  Just how average is your house? About 95 percent of homeowners countywide will have received this year's property appraisal notices by today, and existing home values - on average - have increased by about 4.4 ...

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  Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Home, Mortgage, San Antonio Metro

• Housing market still is cooling

  Apr 17, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  San Antonio's housing market continues to weaken, with fewer home sales in March and a higher-than-average number of homes set for the May foreclosure auction.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Bexar County, TX, Anton, TX, Real Estate, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  6 hrs ago | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  7 hrs ago | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  16 hrs ago | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

• State housing agency salutes year's top lenders for first time homebuyer programs

  19 hrs ago | via KRGV-TV Weslaco 

  Acknowledging that its goal of increasing homeownership rates among low to moderate income Texans depends on strong partnerships with local lenders, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs today ...

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  Related Topix: Houston Metro, Houston Metro, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Dallas-Fort Worth preowned home sales fall 15% in 2008

  Yesterday | via Quick 

  Early hopes for a spring rebound in Dallas-area home sales didn't pan out. All but a few area residential districts experienced fewer home purchases in the first half of this year, according to the latest ...

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Texas, Lancaster, TX, Mesquite, TX, Dallas Metro, Housing

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  5 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

  24 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

  24 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

  25 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