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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

• Copper theft is taking a toll on neighborhoods

  Apr 24, 2008 | via STLtoday 

  Last month, Michael Smith stopped by a house he's rehabbing in the Benton Park West neighborhood of south St.

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  Related Topix: Flordell Hills, MO, Foreclosures, St. Louis, MO, St Louis County, MO

• Payback: Laura Smith blew the whistle on a county sheriff's...

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Riverfront Times 

  With her straight brown hair and designer shades, Laura Smith looks more like a member of the Junior League than a court-appointed strongman.

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  Related Topix: Kirkwood, MO, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, St Louis County, MO

• The 411 on foreclosures

  Saturday Jun 28 | via STLtoday 

  After two hours on a podium Saturday, listening to lots of talk about foreclosures, Karen Wallensak walked to the microphone and ordered the audience to stand up.

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  Related Topix: Fenton, MO, Foreclosures, St Louis County, MO, US Politics, US News, Claire McCaskill, US Senate, Democrat

• Existing house sales continue to disappoint

  Thursday Jun 26 | via STLtoday 

  A day after dismal May figures were reported for new house sales, it was time for round two Thursday, and the numbers were equally bad, especially locally.

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  Related Topix: St Louis County, MO, St Charles County, MO, Marketing, Chesterfield, MO, Real Estate

• Existing house sales, prices fall throughout region

  Thursday Jun 26 | via STLtoday 

  Most counties in the region and the city of St. Louis saw sales of existing homes and median prices fall in May compared to a year ago.

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  Related Topix: St Louis County, MO, St Charles County, MO, Housing, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Matthew Wilson Learns His Fate

  15 hrs ago | via MyFox St. Louis 

  Matthew Wilson convicted of restraining, robbing and sexually abusing a real estate agent last year in St.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Missouri

• Springfield hosts Missouri Association of REALTORS® meeting

  Thursday | via Springfield News Leader 

  REALTORS from all over Missouri traveled to Springfield for the Missouri Association of REALTORS Quarterly Business Conference June 24 through June 26.

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  Related Topix: University of Illinois System, Springfield Metro, Springfield, MO, Springfield (University of Illinois System), Missouri, Real Estate, Foreclosures

• Mortgage Meltdown

  Monday Jul 14 | via KMIZ 

  Mortgage buyers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are still working to escape the fate fellow lender IndyMac suffered Friday.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Missouri

• Belgian brewer InBev to buy Anheuser-Busch for $52B

  Monday Jul 14 | via Earthlink 

  User Sign In Sign in now to: Personalize the content, colors, and layout of your page Choose news headlines, stock quotes, and the weather in your neighborhood Display all the links and information you need in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Missouri, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster

• Announces Disaster Assistance for Missouri Storm Victims

  Monday Jun 30 | via HUD 

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to seven storm-ravaged counties in Missouri and provide support to homeowners and low-income ...

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  Related Topix: Weather, Missouri, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Economy needs stability before regulation

  4 min ago | via The Herald 

  Economy needs stability before regulation By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- Henry Paulson was in shirt sleeves Thursday afternoon in his office at the Treasury Department, tie loose at the collar, feet propped up ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion

• Freddie Mac files with Us Sec, first step to capital

  7 min ago | via ABS-CBN News 

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae

• Earnings Outlook: Bank of America heads parade firms aiming to show turnaround

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Is it turnaround time for banks? Bank of America Corp. BAC , , ) tops the list of major U.S. financial firms reporting earnings next week, and investors will be looking to see if the nation's second-largest ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase , Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage

• Rental market not benefitting from mortgage turmoil in Valley

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Record numbers of Valley families may be losing their homes to foreclosure, but they apparently are not moving into vacant apartments.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Merced County, CA, Foreclosures, Stanislaus County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

• Welcoming foreclosure

  8 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