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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

• Neighborhood watch group taking shape

  Yesterday | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Residents of one unincorporated neighborhood gathered at an East Chadley Street home Thursday to discuss problems ranging from raccoons to drug trafficking.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Covina, CA, Foreclosures

• Demand, Supply, and Prices

  Friday | via Men's News Daily 

  It's clear enough that even if the US economy comes to a halt - and the Democrats seem determined to make that happen - the demand for oil by China, India, and other growing nations will go up exponentially; ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Rebs Announces MLS/Claw to Provide Clarus Marketmetrics as Member Benefit

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via California Real Estate 

  Real Estate Business Services Inc. today announced that the Combined L.A./Westside Multiple Listing Service Inc.

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  Related Topix: Beverly Hills, CA, Real Estate, Los Angeles County, CA, San Fernando, CA, Burbank, CA

• LA County Home Sales Down 25.1 Percent Year-To-Year

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4 

  Los Angeles County home sales declined 25.1 percent in June, compared to the same month a year ago, and prices fell by 23.9 percent, DataQuick , a real estate information service reported on Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, San Diego County, CA

• Southern California home sales and prices keep falling

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Los Angeles Times 

  Southern California's housing market continues to be racked by falling prices and declining sales volume, a real estate information service reported today.

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  Related Topix: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Housing, Riverside County, CA, Los Angeles County, CA

Regional Headlines

• Cash challenged? Cry uncle

  3 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

  18 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

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  1 min ago | via Rapid City Journal 

  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, Housing, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Cobb County

  2 min ago | via Baker County Standard 

  Looking for homes in Cobb County ? Carol Moson, CRS with RE/MAX greater Atlanta can provide you access to every available listing.

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  Related Topix: Cobb County, GA, Atlanta Metro, Atlanta, GA, Douglasville, GA, Foreclosures

• How to Get a Mortgage in Today's Market

  3 min ago | via Tideland News 

  Whether you're buying your first home or looking for a larger home, now may be the time to act.

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  Related Topix: Credit Card Debt, Personal Finance, Home Buying, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Home Listing

• Buck County

  3 min ago | via Baker County Standard 

  Free Access to the Pennsylvania MLS. Run and save your own searches using our unique mapping tool to find all Homes For Sale in The Bucks County Pennsylvania area.

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  Related Topix: Bucks County, PA, Foreclosures, Bensalem, PA, Philadelphia, PA

• Peter Boutell, Lending a Hand: Today's most critical measure in mortgage lending

  5 min ago | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The "mortgage meltdown," as the press calls it, officially started last August but the beginnings of it were being felt by mid-2006. According to the Implode-O-Meter [ml-implode.com], 266 mortgage lenders have ...

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  Related Topix: University of California System, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Santa Cruz County, CA