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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

• Bay Area foreclosures skyrocket

  15 hrs ago | via Pacific Sun 

  Defaults, foreclosures and repossessions in the state's housing market have reached a 20-year high over the past three months.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, San Francisco, CA, Alameda County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

• 4-20-2 boldy hed goes here

  Wednesday | via Inside Bay Area 

  Home loans in default rocketed higher during the second quarter in the East Bay and elsewhere, and housing starts plunged to new depths.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Foreclosures, San Mateo County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Brentwood, CA

• Hope for housing market grows despite painful numbers

  Tuesday | via Inside Bay Area 

  The housing market remains trapped in a quagmire, according to two reports released Tuesday, but some signs emerged that hint the sector could start to see daylight before long.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, San Mateo County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Solano County, CA, Foreclosures

• Bay Area foreclosures soar

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Inside Bay Area 

  The number of homes entering foreclosure between April and June more than doubled in the East Bay, San Mateo and San Joaquin Counties from the same time a year ago, according to numbers released Tuesday by ...

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  Related Topix: San Mateo, CA, Contra Costa County, CA, Foreclosures, Alameda County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

• New plan helps first time home-buyers

  Monday Jul 21 | via ABC7 - KGO-TV 

  First-time home buyers looking for a way into the housing market may qualify for some help from the state.

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  Related Topix: Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Alameda County, CA, Foreclosures, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Regional Headlines

• Merced Sun-Star: Governor takes bold action

  6 hrs ago | via Los Banos Enterprise 

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to have taken a bold step in finding a solution to one segment of the state's housing crisis.

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  Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, California, California Government, Home, Mortgage

• Home sales in June plunge 2.6%, a 10-year low, but West sees rise /...

  8 hrs ago | via SFGate 

  With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices fell compared with a year ago and analysts predicted prices would keep falling until next spring as tighter credit, a slipping job market and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, California

• Foreclosure Effect on Renters

  Monday Jul 14 | via Voice of San Diego 

  I've been meaning to post this stat for a while. One-quarter of all foreclosed single-family homes in the state are occupied by renters, the California Apartment Association estimates.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California Government, California

• Report: Grand jury investigating subprime lenders

  19 hrs ago | via The Record 

  A federal grand jury reportedly is investigating the nation's largest subprime mortgage lenders, Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Home, Mortgage, California

• Don't Let Them Slash Your Credit-Card Limits

  22 hrs ago | via WTVF Nashville 

  As big banks such as Wachovia, Citigroup and Bank of America continue to post multimillion-dollar writedowns to cover mortgage loan losses and other bad investments, credit-card holders are increasingly getting ...

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

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  3 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

  4 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