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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

• Commercial building planned near Roundabout

  Friday Jul 11 | via The Tennessean 

  An Atlanta partnership is putting together plans for a hotel, retail or office building near the Music Row Roundabout after closing on land on the 1700 block of Broadway.

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  Related Topix: Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN, Davidson County, TN, Housing

• NAMAR Stays on Top of Legislative Issues

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Atlanta Real Estate Forum.com 

  The Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of REALTORS had a great turn out for the Election Forum held on June 30, 2008.

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  Related Topix: Atlanta Metro, Real Estate, Gwinnett County, GA, Immigration Reform

• Unequal spending likely for Beltline

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  A $120 million Beltline bond issue planned for September was envisioned to be spent across the 22-mile loop to buy land for new parks, build affordable housing, upgrade streets and sidewalks and fund other ...

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  Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Home, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro

• Plenty of OT if you evict

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  A couple of knocks at the door. A pair of officers identified. And a voice that says: "We're here to evict you." It's becoming a more common greeting these days, given the ongoing foreclosure crisis and ...

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  Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Foreclosures

• Flood of home evictions overwhelms sheriffs

  Monday Jun 30 | via The Jersey Journal 

  On June 19, sheriff's deputies Mark LaBoy and Joe Buico stood inside the living room of a Gwinnett County house after evicting its former owner at gunpoint.

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  Related Topix: Lilburn, GA, Cobb County, GA, Atlanta, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• RealtyTrac: Georgia 8th in Q2 foreclosure rate, metro Atlanta 20th

  Monday Jul 21 | via Atlanta Business Chronicle 

  Georgia improved to the eighth-highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter, while metro Atlanta had the 20th-highest, according to RealtyTrac 's Second Quarter 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report published ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, Foreclosures

• TV Makeover Home In Foreclosure

  Thursday | via CBS 46 

  Every week the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" gives families the chance of a lifetime to have their home completely redone and paid for by somebody else.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Home Listing, Home, Georgia

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Keep the down payment assistance program

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who's to blame for the subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the nation? Wall Street bankers who've overleveraged their books by billions of dollars? Or first-time home buyers who received gifts of a few thousand ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Georgia

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday Jul 18 | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

National Headlines

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  5 min ago | via WCOH-AM Newnan 

  The Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and setting up a $300 billion ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, George Bush

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  7 min ago | via Kndu.com 

  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, Yakima, WA

• Alexander Backs Housing Bill, Which Passes 72-13

  8 min ago | via Chattanoogan.com 

  He said the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes the following provisions: Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, and a standard property tax deduction for taxpayers ...

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

• Mike's Blog Roundup

  8 min ago | via Crooks and Liars 

  Years of proxy wars with the USSR created demons that US arrogance thought could never turn and rend it.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  9 min ago | via Alabama Live 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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