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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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Local Headlines

• Search continues along Beaver Creek for Nebraska woman's body

  Jun 22, 2008 | via The Daily Sentinel 

  A Nebraska woman who fell into a creek in Eagle County was presumed drowned Sunday, authorities said.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, Nebraska

Regional Headlines

• GRIEGO: Mortgage crisis finally hits home

  Thursday | via Rocky Mountain News 

  GRIEGO: Mortgage crisis finally hits home By Tina Griego , Rocky Mountain News Thursday, July 24, 2008 The county assessor lists the house as 11/2 stories, three bedrooms, two baths, built in 1907 and purchased ...

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• Foreclosures slam the door on some family pets

  Wednesday | via 9NEWS 

  VIEW SLIDESHOW DENVER - As families continue to lose their homes to foreclosure in Colorado, family pets are also suffering the consequences of these tough times.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Denver Metro, Colorado, Denver Metro

• Hard sale for resorts

  Monday Jul 21 | via Denver Post 

  They started small. A one-bedroom condo in East Vail. That quickly doubled in value, so Ted and Connie Fullhart stepped up to a duplex in the tony Singletree community in Edwards.

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  Related Topix: Edwards, CO, Telluride, CO, Breckenridge, CO, Real Estate, Colorado, University of Colorado System

• Officials mull aid to help people pay their utility bills

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Rocky Mountain News 

  Cherise Smith, with daughter, Desiree, 8, by her side, is facing a power shut-off. Gov.

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  Related Topix: University of Colorado System, Foreclosures, Colorado, Colorado Government, Xcel Energy, Energy

• Grand Junction economy shows symptoms of national slump

  Monday Jul 14 | via Grand Junction Free Press 

  An economic malaise that has spread throughout the country and rekindled fears of a recession seems to have been unable to penetrate the region's Teflon-like safety barrier provided by the oil and natural gas ...

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Government, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via WSJV-TV South Bend 

  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

• Two more U.S. banks fail

  5 min ago | via John Dvorak 

  Federal regulators have closed two small Western banks, bringing to seven the number of U.S. banks that have failed this year.

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Financial Services, Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage

• Housing Stimulus Package to Stabilize Neighborhoods, Attract New Capital to Communities: LISC

  6 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

  The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 will help stabilize disinvested neighborhoods, offer relief to families stung by the foreclosure crisis and attract new capital to affordable housing developments ...

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• Apartment Industry Commends Congress For Learning From Past Mistakes...

  6 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

  The National Multi Housing Council /National Apartment Association joint legislative program issued the following statement by NMHC/NAA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Jim Arbury concerning the ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  6 min ago | via The Oregonian 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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