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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

• Fraudulent Realtors Scamming House Hunters

  Yesterday | via FOXReno 

  California house hunters, beware of a new scam: fake realtors renting out homes they don't own.

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  Related Topix: Solano County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

• San Francisco Chronicle News Stories

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via San Francisco Chronicle 

  The city by the bay is the most "walkable" in the nation, according to rankings set... Concern grows over a fiscal crisis for U.S. Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau As the Bush administration ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, John McCain

• Foreclosure relief not reaching everyone

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Inside Bay Area 

  A sign posted on a house announces that the property is now under the management of Windermere Signature Collections in Antioch Calif., Monday, July 14, 2008.

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  Related Topix: Contra Costa County, CA, Alameda County, CA, Home Listing, Home, Housing, Foreclosures

• California still high on foreclosure list

  Thursday Jul 10 | via ABC7 - KGO-TV/DT 

  New home foreclosure numbers are out, and California still ranks high. It is the second worst state, next to Nevada -- about two and a half times the national average.

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  Related Topix: San Ramon, CA, Foreclosures, Contra Costa County, CA, Alameda County, CA

• AP Executive Morning Briefing

  Thursday Jul 10 | via York Dispatch 

  The number of homeowners stung by the rout in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with June a year ago, according to data released Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Alameda County, CA, Wachovia Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

Regional Headlines

• Cash challenged? Cry uncle

  2 hrs ago | via Chicago Tribune 

  Two little-known federal programs may hold the answer for would-be home buyers who don't have money for a down payment or don't have money left after closing to update their properties.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Home Buying, Home, California, UC Riverside, University of California System, UC San Diego, Mortgage

• Calif. To Be Hit Hard Among Nation's 1 Million Foreclosures

  17 hrs ago | via NBC Channel 11 

  A forecast released Friday has predicted that 1 million homes will be in foreclosure nationwide by the end of the year. 10 comments

  Related Topix: California, California Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Home Listing

• Inland rents start to level off, report says

  Yesterday | via The Press-Enterprise 

  After coping with years of strong rent growth, Inland Southern California apartment dwellers are getting relief.

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  Related Topix: California, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Housing, UC Riverside, University of California System, San Bernardino, CA

• Solar-powered homes give builder an edge

  Yesterday | via Lake Elsinore Valley News 

  Challenged with selling new homes in a tough residential real estate market, Woodside Homes has partnered with solar panel giant SunPower Corp., Southern California Edison and the makers of energy-efficient ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Energy, California, Temecula, CA

• No housing bubble in Canada: Flaherty

  Yesterday | via National Post 

  Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shrugged off housing worries in Canada Wednesday, saying there is no bubble and that the subprime-mortgage woes crippling financial institutions in the United States are ...

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  Related Topix: Commerce (Texas A&M University System), Texas A&M University System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, California

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  16 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

  17 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

  19 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?

  25 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

  26 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