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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

• Housing sales plummet in Westchester, Putnam

  Wednesday | via Journal News 

  Second-quarter housing trends continued to track a dismal path in Westchester and Putnam counties, a function of tougher credit requirements, unemployment and other factors, a regional real estate group said ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Putnam County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, Home, Foreclosures, Mortgage

• Business in the Burbs: Existing home prices up in Putnam, Westchester despite sales declines

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Journal News 

  Sales and median prices of existing homes continued to show weakness year-over-year in May across most of New York state.

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  Related Topix: Putnam County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Housing, New York Metro, New York, Rockland County, NY

• Interest rates up in SONYMA program

  Jun 22, 2008 | via Journal News 

  Interest has spiked in a state-subsidized program to help first-time low and moderate income home buyers in the Lower Hudson Valley obtain low-interest financing.

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  Related Topix: Westchester County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Home, Mortgage

• Drop in housing sales is hurting towns' bottom lines

  Jun 1, 2008 | via Journal News 

  With the sharp drop in housing sales and lower prices cutting into mortgage-tax revenue, some towns are cutting their budgets with months left in the fiscal year and others are keeping a close eye on spending ...

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  Related Topix: Putnam County, NY, Housing, Putnam Valley, NY, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Putnam store that burned had mortgage, tax woes

  May 29, 2008 | via Poughkeepsie Journal 

  By Terence Corcoran Gannett News Service CARMEL - A Lake Carmel merchant who told police he was robbed by four men who set his liquor store on fire and left him to die has financial troubles, according to ...

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  Related Topix: Putnam County, NY, Lake Carmel, NY, Carmel, NY, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Kent, NY

Regional Headlines

• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  8 hrs ago | via Lansing State Journal 

  NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

• Irwin to sell home equity loans for $1B

  2 hrs ago | via IBJ.COM 

  Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. said late yesterday that it has struck a deal to sell $1 billion of home equity loans to a New York firm and to securitize an additional block of loans with the same firm.

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  Related Topix: New York, Irwin Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage

• For the Record: News and Notices from Local Elected OfficialsJuly 24, 2008

  13 hrs ago | via The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 

  Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer , Assemblyman Michael Cusick and Assemblyman Matthew Titone announced the Assembly passed legislation addressing the subprime mortgage crisis and providing some assistance to ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, New York

• Fed Report Portrays Grim Economy

  22 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  The Federal Reserve's Beige Book report for the latest six-week period portrays the economy as increasingly weak across most of the U.S. All 12 districts reported slower home sales, continuing big inventories ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, New York, Mortgage, Home

• National City Rises as Chief Executive Says Bank Has `Sufficient Capital'

  22 hrs ago | via Bloomberg 

  National City Corp. rose as much as 11 percent in New York trading after Chief Executive Officer Peter Raskind said the bank, Ohio's largest, has enough capital to survive the credit-market contraction.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services, IndyMac Bancorp

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  4 min ago | via The Washington Post 

  Robert Johnson, who is building a resort in Liberia, says African Americans "have a responsibility" to support the West African nation.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  4 min ago | via WAOW-TV Wausau 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Housing construction continues slump in St. Louis

  4 min ago | via STLtoday 

  Sales of new houses nationwide fell in June, prolonging a deep slump and other data show the St.

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• Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part One

  4 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic 

  A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Human Services provides various assistances services

  5 min ago | via Mason Valley News 

  The Lyon County Human Services Department offers a wide variety of programs and services to families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and shelter.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Home, Mortgage, Fernley, NV, Silver Springs, NV, Yerington, NV