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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

• Your Home's Worth

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via NBC 10 

  We've been talking about the downsides of the economy for months. Especially the housing market! Which we all know has taken a big hit nationwide.

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  Related Topix: Richlandtown, PA, Bucks County, PA, Collegeville, PA, Housing, Montgomery County, PA

• Planner: county homes are maintaining their value

  Thursday Jul 17 | via News Herald 

  Montgomery County homes continue to hold their value in a housing market that has tanked nationally, according to county planner Scott France.

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA, Housing, Gwynedd, PA, Narberth, PA, Worcester, PA

• Housing market not so bad in right places

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Philly.com 

  This article on new-home sales incorrectly said there was only one such development in the Garnet Valley School District.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Huntingdon Valley, PA, Glen Mills, PA, Delaware County, PA, Real Estate, Montgomery County, PA

• Chester County

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Baker County Standard 

  Virtual Chester County Local resource for Chester County with coupons, virtual tours and more.

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  Related Topix: Chester County, PA, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Exton, PA, Montgomery County, PA

• Housing market not so bad, in right places

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Philly.com 

  When all else seems to fail, the tried and true often succeeds. So perhaps it's not surprising that even in this tough real estate market, what's selling new houses is what always sells them: Location.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Huntingdon Valley, PA, Glen Mills, PA, Delaware County, PA, Real Estate, Montgomery County, PA

Regional Headlines

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  19 hrs ago | via Luminary 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Regional economy shows improvement

  Wednesday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

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

  1 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

  1 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

  1 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

  2 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

  2 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