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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

• Median home price in region falls 14.5%

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via The Day 

  A median-priced single-family home in southeastern Connecticut cost $40,000 less this year than the year before, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New London County, CT, Windham County, CT, Real Estate

• Connecticut Home Prices See Steepest Drop In 16 Years

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Hartford Business 

  Real estate activity normally warms up with the weather, but not this spring. Connecticut housing sales and prices continued to fall in May, particularly in the eastern half of the state.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Connecticut, Hartford County, CT, Real Estate, Litchfield County, CT

• Numbers Say Housing Slide Is Now Reality for NL County

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via The Day 

  The same steep housing slump that has taken down markets in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has finally caught up with New London County and Connecticut.

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  Related Topix: Boston Metro, Home, Mortgage, New London County, CT, Connecticut, Housing

• Connecticut Realtor ct Real Estate Groton, Waterford New London Southeastern CT.

  Friday Jun 27 | via LawFuel.com 

  Welcome to the home of Geoff Hausmann a New London County Connecticut Realtor, specializing Buying and Selling of Real Estate in Waterford, Groton and New London CT.

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  Related Topix: New London County, CT, Housing, Connecticut, Groton, CT, New London, CT

• Single-family home sales on the decline

  Jun 12, 2008 | via TheDay.Com - Breaking News 

  Single-family home sales in New London County were off nearly 21 percent in April compared to a year earlier, and prices were down 6.7

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Regional Headlines

• Bad economy means good business for repo men

  Friday | via Thehour.com 

  BRIDGEPORTAssociated PressThis is what it looks like when a gilded age turns to brass: the boats, motor homes and expensive cars bought during the good times are turned over to the repo men in favor of paying ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, New York Government, New York, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Foreclosures

• KISS 95.7 = Connecticut's Hit Music = 860-247-9570

  Friday Jul 11 | via KISS 95.7 Hartford 

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are too big to fail and must be kept alive to avoid a crisis of "unspeakable magnitude," a former top Federal Reserve policy-maker said on Friday.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Connecticut

• Obama Seeks Info On Dodd In Vice President Search

  Friday Jul 11 | via Hartford Courant 

  Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. 86 comments

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Aspects Of Haven Healthcare Sale Trouble Creditors

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Connecticut's WB 20 

  The Haven Healthcare nursing home chain began a new era Monday, as most of its 25 homes in New England were sold to three real estate investment firms, while four Connecticut homes were placed in the hands of a ... 50 comments

  Related Topix: Glastonbury, CT, Home, Mortgage, Connecticut

• Dodd's popularity slips in Connecticut

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Newsday.com 

  If veteran Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd 's trademark jaunty smile seems a bit forced these days, it's no surprise.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Foreclosures, Barack Obama, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, 2008 Presidential Election

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  17 min ago | via Shropshire Star 

  Ask yourself this question: What is Ludlow best known for? Your answer will probably include a few of the following: Fantastic restaurants, a beautiful castle, glorious countryside, vibrant festivals and a rich ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  19 min ago | via Alaska Journal of Commerce 

  Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US News, Housing, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Property cools in capital with glum economy

  21 min ago | via Viet Nam News 

  Certain sectors of the Ha Noi real estate markets have cooled over the past few months as a result of the global economic slowdown, domestic inflation and limited liquidity on the market driven by high interest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ha Tay, Vietnam, World News, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Vietnam

• Why would Fed delay revision of rules?

  26 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  The Federal Reserve Board has signed off on new rules to help the rising tide of mortgage delinquencies by barring lenders from making loans without proof of a borrower's income and requiring lenders to ensure ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

• No slowdown for the downtown

  28 min ago | via Edmonton Sun 

  As executive director of the Downtown Business Association of Edmonton, it's a given Jim Taylor would be revved up about the city's core.

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  Related Topix: University of Houston System, Downtown (University of Houston System), Housing, Arlington (University of Texas System), University of Texas System, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Alberta, Opinion