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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

• 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

• Sterling, VA Residents Seek Help

  Yesterday | via Immigration Watchdog 

  Dozens of Sterling area residents pleaded with the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to take steps to improve conditions in their community, where some say aging homes, a spate of foreclosures and ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Loudoun County, VA, Sterling, VA, Immigration Reform, Ashburn, VA

• Worst May Be Over Says Loudoun Co. Real Estate Group

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via WUSA9.com Washington, DC 

  Loudoun County's badly stressed real estate market is showing early signs that the worst is over, according to the CEO of the Dulles Area Association of Realtors.

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  Related Topix: Loudoun County, VA, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home Selling, Home

• A storied home: Restoration leads biologist on journey through history

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Loudoun Times-Mirror 

  When Kurt Reber bought an old house north of Lovettsville last year, little did he know the historical journey the purchase would take him on.

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  Related Topix: Loudoun County, VA, Real Estate, Lovettsville, VA, Home Listing, Home

• June 2008 Most Expensive Sales in Northern Virginia

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Virginia Real Estate News 

  All information was obtained through MRIS. JUNE'S MOST EXPENSIVE SALES Single Family Detached Homes: 1028 Towlston Road, McLean, VA 22102 -- Sold on June 26th for $5,800,000 . This 7 bedroom 7 full bath home ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Fairfax County, VA, Fairfax, VA, Falls Church, VA, Great Falls, VA, Virginia

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

• 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

• Gloomy Virginia: Foreclosure crisis likely to worsen, says analyst

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Daily Times 

  RICHMOND - Government and community leaders from throughout Virginia gathered Wednesday to consider how they can reverse a disturbing spike in foreclosures.

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

National Headlines

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

  4 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

  5 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

  5 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

  5 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

  5 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