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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

• Some Wis. vacation rentals lack required licenses

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Chicago Tribune 

  A Barron County resort owner says many people renting vacation homes in west-central Wisconsin may not have the proper licenses.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Barron County, WI, Chetek, WI

• Habitat for Humanity open house

  May 15, 2008 | via Barron News 

  The public is invited to attend a dedication and open house for the newest Barron County Habitat for Humanity home on Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m. The home, built in partnership with Connie and Ryan Adkins and ...

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  Related Topix: Haugen, WI, Rice Lake, WI, Barron County, WI, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Woman gets jail for arson of own house

  May 2, 2008 | via Leader-Telegram 

  A former Barron school district teacher who set her house on fire for insurance money to cover debts was sent to jail for a year and placed on 15 years' probation Thursday in Barron County Court.

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  Related Topix: Barron County, WI, Phillips, WI, Prentice, WI, Education Etc., Barron, WI, Home, Mortgage

• Habitat to open store

  Jan 3, 2008 | via Rice Lake Online 

  The Barron County Habitat for Humanity ReStore, located in the old Fritz Furniture building at 309 North 1st St.

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  Related Topix: Barron County, WI, Mortgage, Home

• Habitat to open ReStore in Cameron

  Jan 1, 2008 | via The Chetek Alert 

  Work is under way to open the Barron County Habitat for Humanity ReStore, a retail business where donated new and used building materials, furniture and appliances will be sold at bargain prices to raise funds ...

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  Related Topix: Cameron, WI, Barron County, WI, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Mayor delivers keynote address at state clean water convention

  Yesterday | via Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter 

  Mayor Kevin Crawford's keynote address on Thursday at a Wisconsin Alliance of Cities convention "Clean Water: From Politics to Policy" framed the issues surrounding clean water mandates handed to municipalities ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Agriculture, Science

• Janesville recognized for affordable housing

  Thursday | via The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, Wisconsin 

  The city was ranked 16th in affordable housing. With a median home price of $124,700, Janesville was the only Wisconsin community to make the housing list.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Wisconsin, Real Estate

• Planned bill targets Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on lawsuits by homebuyers

  Monday Jul 21 | via Wisconsin State Journal 

  State lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation next year that would reverse a state Supreme Court decision blocking home buyers from suing sellers for punitive damages when they lie about the condition ...

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Middleton, WI, Juneau, WI, Wisconsin, Real Estate

• Planning for the future

  Thursday Jul 10 | via The Daily Press 

  Senior citizens on fixed incomes aren't going to be surprised by the results of a report released this week that shows it is increasingly difficult to make ends meet.

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  Related Topix: Bayfield, WI, Ashland, WI, Wisconsin, Social Security, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Opinion

• Buyers lose recourse in frauds

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal 

  Home buyers who believe a seller has lied to them cannot sue for fraud to recover damages, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Wisconsin, Real Estate, Brookfield, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Milwaukee Metro

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  16 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...

  17 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

  17 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

  17 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

  17 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