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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

• The Truth About Mortgage Refinancing Revealed By Hawaii's only CPA...

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Release 

  The Truth About Mortgage Refinancing Revealed By Hawaii's only CPA and Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist Kailua, Oahu based GMAC Mortgage's Rich van Bodegom, CPA, CMPS reveals mortgage refinancing secrets ...

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Kailua, HI, Kailua, HI, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Rental scam hits Hawaii

  Saturday Jun 21 | via KPUA-AM Hilo 

  She found one on Craigslist that caught her eye, a $2,450 rental in Kailua posted by ReMax, a real estate agency.

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  Related Topix: Kailua, HI, Kailua, HI, Real Estate, Honolulu Metro

• With time ticking down, few challengers for Honolulu Council have emerged

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Poinography! 

  The Advertiser repots today that no election papers have been drawn to challenge Councilmembers Apo, Garcia, and Kobayashi.

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  Related Topix: Kailua, HI, Kailua, HI, Housing, Hawaii County, HI

• Bill to Lower Property Taxes to Help Seniors

  May 14, 2008 | via KHNL-TV Honolulu 

  As home prices in Hawaii remain high, many seniors struggling to make ends meet are pushing for some relief from property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Kailua, HI, Kailua, HI, Honolulu Metro, Honolulu, HI

• Local Market Observations

  May 10, 2008 | via The Housing Bubble Blog 

  What do you see in your local housing market this weekend? Defaults ? "Our foreclosure rate is nowhere nearly as bad as parts of California and Vegas, but realtors say it is getting worse here.

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  Related Topix: Mililani, HI, Kailua, HI, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Home Listing

Regional Headlines

• Hawaii developers council discuss state of Hawaii real estate

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via KHNL-TV Honolulu 

  The current state of the economy and cooling real estate market leave people who live here in the islands wondering about the market's future direction.

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  Related Topix: Honolulu Metro, Honolulu, HI, Real Estate, Hawaii

• Mortgage woes blamed for this years' filings

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin 

  Bankruptcies are on the rise in Hawaii, due mostly to a higher percentage of filings related to real estate problems.

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  Related Topix: Honolulu Metro, Honolulu, HI, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Hawaii

• UPI NewsTrack Business

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Daily India 

  Hawaii requires solar water heaters HONOLULU, June 28 -- Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle says the state has moved closer to energy independence by requiring solar water heaters in all new home construction.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Home, Hawaii Government, Hawaii, Mortgage

• Hawaii requires new homes to have solar water heaters, trying to cut fossil fuel imports

  Friday Jun 27 | via PR-inside.com 

  Hawaii, which relies heavily on imported fossil fuels, has become the first U.S. state to require solar water heaters in new homes, pleasing environmentalists but frustrating residents upset with the island ...

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  Related Topix: Hawaii, Hawaii Government, Housing

• Governor Lingle releases funds to assist Habitat for Humanity

  Monday Jun 23 | via KHNL-TV Honolulu 

  Fifteen island families will be getting some much needed help on the home front.

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  Related Topix: Hawaii, Hawaii Government, Mortgage, Home

National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  7 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  7 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• One year of the global financial crisis

  8 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  10 min ago | via Portland Tribune 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  11 min ago | via The Post-Star 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Home Listing, 2008 Presidential Election