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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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Local Headlines

• Grants Help Increase Housing Opportunities

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Realtor Magazine 

  The National Association of Realtors has awarded $39,500 to 13 local and state Realtor associations through the Housing Opportunity Fund grants program.

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• Kingsport home prices buck the national trend

  May 27, 2008 | via Times-News Online 

  Home prices in the Kingsport area continued to rise in the first quarter this year while housing prices in many areas of the country continued to fall.

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• Home prices in GJ rising at 2nd-fastest pace in U.S.

  May 22, 2008 | via The Daily Sentinel 

  Grand Junction homes rose in value at the second-highest rate in the country between the first quarters of 2007 and 2008, according to an Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight report issued Thursday.

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• Area home prices up 2.8% from year ago

  May 23, 2008 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  The typical Seattle-area house was worth 2.8 percent more in this first quarter of 2008 than it was in the first three months of 2007, but 0.4 percent less than in the final quarter of last year, according to a ...

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• Realty ranked 14th in U.S.

  Apr 27, 2008 | via The Daily Advertiser 

  Last year was one where homeowners in Louisiana's oil patch fared well, while nearly one third of U.S. metro areas saw their homes lose value.

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  Related Topix: Thibodaux, LA, Houma, LA, Houma Metro, Louisiana, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Congressional Democrats resume Katrina tour

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Mississippi Press 

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday she supports the state's call to extend the timetable for Louisiana to make its $1.8 billion share of payments for levee improvements.

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• Volunteer with New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Associated Content 

  Years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, there is still much work to be done in the ravaged areas of New Orleans and beyond, and several nonprofit organizations have steadfastly been rebuilding, ...

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• Louisiana

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Town of Vivian, Louisiana 

  Officially licensed Louisiana State Tigers apparel, merchandise, and gifts. Jerseys, t-shirts, caps, and sweatshirts for men, women, and kids.

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• Landrieu, Vitter target loan fees

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Times-Picayune 

  Prompted by the intense lobby effort of a local mortgage broker, Louisiana's two senators have authored legislation that could force Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to suspend a new set of fees that could stall the ...

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Louisiana, US Politics, David Vitter, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Republican, Democrat

• Governor Jindal Signs Bills into Law

  Thursday Jul 3 | via KLFY-TV Lafayette 

  Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that he has signed the following bills passed by the legislature into law: HB 10 - Richardson This bill establishes the Mayor's Court of the city of Central.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Louisiana

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via Morris Daily Herald 

  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, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via WWLP 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  4 min ago | via X101.5 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• U.S. Congress approves massive housing bill

  5 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The bill was approved by the Senate in a 72-13 vote. It was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Home, Mortgage

• Provisions of housing-mortgage relief bill

  5 min ago | via Buffalo News 

  The housing bill that Congress passed Saturday and sent to President Bush would: -Give the Federal Housing Administration $300 billion in new lending authority and relax standards to provide affordable, ...

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