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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

• Editorial: eXtremely disappointing

  Thursday | via Salisbury Post 

  People in Rowan County who have lost their homes to foreclosure or been denied a loan have painful firsthand knowledge of the credit and banking turmoil that has engulfed this country and a large section of the ...

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  Related Topix: Rowan County, NC, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Editorial: Freightliner layoffs: Omen for foreclosures

  Apr 4, 2008 | via Salisbury Post 

  Rowan County is well versed by now in how volatile the truck-manufacturing business can be, so no one can really be surprised that Freightliner has announced a layoff in June.

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  Related Topix: Rowan County, NC, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Cabarrus County, NC, Opinion

• CDC to offer foreclosure counseling

  Mar 31, 2008 | via Salisbury Post 

  The Salisbury Community Development Corp. will be among 20 nonprofits in North Carolina chosen to provide counseling to homeowners in danger of foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, North Carolina, Salisbury, NC, Rowan County, NC, Wallburg, NC

• Cleveland officials listen to suggestions for Web site

  Feb 15, 2008 | via Salisbury Post 

  Mayor Jim Brown asked a resident who raised concerns about the town's Web site to bring a list of suggestions on improving it to the next Board of Commissioners meeting.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Cleveland, NC

• Law holds up FHA loans for some stuck in subprime mess

  Feb 9, 2008 | via Salisbury Post 

  A local mortgage broker is warning that a new state law designed to stop predatory lending could also prevent some N.C. homeowners from refinancing and saving their homes.

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  Related Topix: Salisbury, NC, Foreclosures, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Rowan County, NC, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Bail out failing banks and mortgage-holders on the brink of foreclosure?

  Yesterday | via WWNC-AM Asheville 

  North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx takes a firm stand on the troubles in the mortgage and banking industry, by saying 'definitely not'. Foxx believes that liberals in Congress pushed banks to abandon ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Virginia Foxx, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

• NC legislators trying to meet last-minute requests

  Wednesday | via HendersonvilleNews.com 

  Gov. Mike Easley signed the state budget bill into law Wednesday, removing a major obstacle that could have prevented the Legislature from adjourning for the year by the end of the week.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

• Senate backs Easley's mortgage foreclosure plan

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via WAVY-TV Portsmouth 

  A plan to help North Carolina families struggling to make their mortgage payments is on the fast track in the General Assembly.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• July 17, 2008 Area Classifieds

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Spring Hope Enterprise 

  LEGALS NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Betty J. Jamison, ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Nashville, NC, North Carolina, Nash County, NC, Rocky Mount, NC, Rocky Mount Metro

• Wall Street worries about banks as mortgages, other loans sour

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via International Herald Tribune 

  CHARLOTTE, North Carolina : In the nearly steady stream of bad news about banks, many consumers are likely wondering if any bank is really safe.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, IndyMac Bancorp

National Headlines

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  3 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

  23 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