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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

• Habitat families form homeowners association

  Thursday | via Bradenton.com 

  Almost 35 homes make up Palmetto's Village of the Palms community, the first community in the area completely comprised of homes built by Manatee County Habitat for Humanity.

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  Related Topix: Manatee County, FL, Foreclosures, Washington Park, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• HomeBanc's residential lending up

  Monday Jul 21 | via Tampa Bay Business Journal 

  HomeBanc NA is embracing the residential mortgage loans that many other banks in the Tampa Bay area have shunned.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Housing, Lakewood Ranch, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tampa, FL

• NAMES & FACES

  Sunday Jul 20 | via Bradenton.com 

  Parker has been a member of the corporate board since 2002 and was vice president of support services.

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  Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Acupuncture, Health, Tyler (University of Texas System), University of Texas System, Housing, Manatee County, FL, Keiser University

• Homefront: Tips and Trends

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Sarasota Magazine 

  Tips and trends from our advertisers. Hannah Wallace OUTSIDE IS IN Any host knows that dinner guests gravitate to the kitchen.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Lakewood Ranch, FL, Home Listing, Home

• Biz briefs: SeaSucker.com leases port space

  Friday Jul 18 | via HeraldTribune.com 

  Published: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 3:53 a.m. MANATEE COUNTY SeaSucker.com has leased 11,000 square feet of office/warehouse space at the Port Manatee Commerce ...

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  Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Nebraska, Restaurant Management, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• House Swaping

  17 hrs ago | via WSVN-TV Miami Beach 

  In the movie the Holiday, two women on opposite sides of the globe meet online and end up swapping homes for vacation.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Real Estate

• Housing woes still stinging banks

  15 hrs ago | via Palm Beach Post 

  The troubled Florida real estate market is continuing to cause major losses for in-state and out-of-state banks, earnings reports showed this week.

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  Related Topix: Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, Banking, Financial Services, Real Estate, Housing, Florida

• Fitch Rates Florida Forever $156.7MM Rev Bonds 'A+'

  20 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  Fitch has also affirmed the 'A+' rating of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's approximately $2.5 billion outstanding Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever bonds, $200 million of outstanding ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Florida, Florida Government, Mortgage

• Stats show mortgage delinquencies still rising in S. Florida

  22 hrs ago | via McClatchy DC 

  The number of South Florida homeowners behind on their mortgages nearly doubled in June compared to a year ago, as home prices continued a precipitous decline and interest rates this week reached their highest ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Florida fourth in foreclosure rate

  Yesterday | via Jacksonville Business Journal 

  Florida again had the fourth highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter and the second highest total of any state, according to data released by RealtyTrac Inc.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Jacksonville Metro, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 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

  3 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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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• 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

  4 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

  4 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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