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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

• The Foreclosure Trend

  Thursday | via WSET-TV Lynchburg 

  In the Lynchburg area, we're continuing to fight the foreclosure trend. RealtyTrac.com shows there were only three new foreclosures in Lynchburg in May.

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  Related Topix: Lynchburg, VA, Lynchburg Metro, Foreclosures, Bedford County, VA, Bedford, VA, Appomattox, VA

• Lynchburg-area housing market struggles

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via NewsAdvance.com 

  Struggles in the national housing market began to hit home in the Lynchburg area during the first half of 2008.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home Buying, Home, Real Estate, Bedford County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Bedford, VA

• Forest subdivision stopped in its tracks

  Jun 3, 2008 | via NewsAdvance.com 

  Anthony Inturrisi stands in his stopped-in-its tracks subdivision in Forest and sees what might have been - more than two dozen expansive homes on lovely lots, all on streets named for his grandkids.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Lynchburg, VA, Lynchburg Metro, Christiansburg, VA, Bedford County, VA

• Bedford County builder files bankruptcy

  May 28, 2008 | via NewsAdvance.com 

  A developer in Bedford County filed for bankruptcy Wednesday morning, halting the foreclosure on a subdivision that was slated for auction at noon.

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  Related Topix: Christiansburg, VA, Foreclosures, Bedford County, VA, Lynchburg, VA, Lynchburg Metro

• Existing home sales slow again in April

  May 21, 2008 | via Roanoke Times 

  Sales of used homes in the Roanoke region fell to 337 units in April, down 23 percent from a year earlier.

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  Related Topix: Home, Housing, Home Selling, Roanoke Metro, Roanoke, VA, Real Estate, Bedford County, VA

Regional Headlines

• Wildlife attracted to suburbs

  13 hrs ago | via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 

  Wildlife have come to enjoy life in the 'burbs for the same reasons mortgage-paying residents have.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Virginia, Home Listing

• Covering Rented Homes

  16 hrs ago | via WHSV-TV Harrisonburg 

  With the rise in foreclosures, more and more people are looking into renting homes these days.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Virginia

• Most of Virginia remains in throes of housing slump

  Yesterday | via WSLS-TV Roanoke 

  The housing slump continues in most parts of Virginia, with the exception of a few areas, including the Piedmont.

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Richmond, VA, Real Estate, Housing, Loudoun County, VA, Prince William County, VA

• Editor Takes the Plunge, Goes Through Licensing Process

  Thursday | via Sun - Gazette 

  Listen up, you top producers out there: you some day could have competition in the world of real estate.

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  Related Topix: Merrifield, VA, Real Estate, Virginia

• Experts gather to figure out how to decrease Virginia's foreclosure rate

  Wednesday | via WDBJ7 

  July 23, 2008 Experts gather to figure out how to decrease Virginia's foreclosure rate Virginia's foreclosure rate is rising faster than the national average.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Virginia, Virginia Government

National Headlines

• U.S. Congress passes mortgage aid for 400,000 struggling homeowners

  3 min ago | via Penticton Herald 

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

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

• FDIC closes First Heritage Bank

  4 min ago | via Taipei Times 

  WILD WEST: The 28 bank branches in Nevada, Arizona and California will reopen as Mutual of Omaha Bank branches X with the full amount of deposits insured AP, CARSON CITY, NEVADA Sunday, Jul 27, 2008, Page 11 ...

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Foreclosures, Arizona, Arizona Government

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via My West Texas 

  Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.

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

• Congress passes housing rescue bill

  4 min ago | via KATU-TV Portland 

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

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

• Building wealth : Not yet time to relax

  4 min ago | via The New Zealand Herald 

  Many homeowners and potential buyers may have thought they could breathe a sigh of relief after the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate last week for the first time in five years.

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  Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News, Mortgage, Home