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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

• Boundary talks on Hampshire agenda

  Friday Jul 4 | via Courier News 

  Boundary line negotiations began today between Village President Jeffrey Magnussen and Huntley Village President Chuck Sass, to be followed by a meeting next week with Pingree Grove Village President Clint ...

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  Related Topix: Huntley, IL, Hampshire, IL, Pingree Grove, IL, Kane County, IL, Foreclosures

• County continues its push for homeowners

  Jun 25, 2008 | via Fox Valley Shopping News 

  It might be too late. That was the gloomy sentiment some gave Thursday after Kane County officials held a press conference to announce Help for Homeowners, a program of information geared toward homeowners ...

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  Related Topix: Kane County, IL, Foreclosures

• Housing Bulletin - A Foreclosure and its Neighbor, In Glenview

  Jun 18, 2008 | via Chicago Magazine 

  A Foreclosed house across the street. The latest reports show that the tide of foreclosures keeps rising.

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  Related Topix: Kane County, IL, Dupage County, IL, Cook County, IL, Chicago Metro, Home, Mortgage

• business briefs

  Jun 11, 2008 | via St. Charles Sun 

  ADP Plastics of Batavia, a premier design and manufacturing firm specializing in custom fabricated plastic products, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in the Fox Valley.

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  Related Topix: West Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Real Estate, St. Charles, IL, Geneva, IL

• Kane County wants to help troubled homeowners

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Geneva Sun 

  Kane County officials have several programs to help troubled homeowners, and they want to get the word out.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, St. Charles, IL, Kane County, IL, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Obama to NYT: - A Week of Great Press' but - We Don't BUY Our Own Hype'

  36 min ago | via TheBlueSheet 

  In an interview with the New York Times' excellent Jeff Zeleny , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he's not "measuring the drapes" for the Oval Office, and that "we don't buy our own hype." He discussed the risks ...

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  Related Topix: Publishing, New York Times, Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, US Politics, John McCain, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Blago Calls On Bush To Sign Housing Package

  2 hrs ago | via Cbs2chicago.com 

  Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to quickly sign the Housing and Economic Stimulus Package which will provide more than $500 million in federal aid to support tax ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June

  8 hrs ago | via Courier News 

  Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Illinois, Real Estate

• Nevada Leads Foreclosure Tally in 2Q

  20 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice during the second quarter, an increase of 121 percent compared with the same quarter in 2007, according to RealtyTrac, which monitors foreclosure ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Illinois

• Roskam votes against blank check for Bush Administration

  23 hrs ago | via Illinoisreview 

  Roskam broke ranks with the Bush Administration yesterday on the mortgage bill, citing lack of oversight and resulting increased federal spending as his main complaints.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via Abc11tv.com 

  Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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

• Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Housing Bill

  3 min ago | via WRC Washington DC Channel 4 

  Congress has passed a housing rescue bill aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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

• U.S. Congress approves massive housing bill

  4 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The bill was approved by the Senate in a 72-13 vote. It was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Home, Mortgage

• U.S. Congress approves housing bill

  6 min ago | via International Herald Tribune 

  WASHINGTON : The U.S. Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Foreclosures

• Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war

  6 min ago | via KansasCity.com 

  Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Bush, Foreclosures, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, John McCain