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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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Regional Headlines

• Alaska Airlines to cut jobs, capacity this fall

  Thursday | via Anchorage Daily News 

  ADN editors find the news from all over Alaska every morning so you don't have to.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Alaska Government, Alaska

• Alcatel-Lucent seeks $1.5 billion verdict

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via The Seattle Times 

  Pacific Northwest Alcatel-Lucent, the world's largest supplier of telecommunications equipment, asked a federal court to reinstate a record... Pacific Northwest Software Alcatel-Lucent, the world's largest ...

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  Related Topix: US News, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Inventions, Science / Technology, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Alaska

• Eagle River Alaska

  Jun 23, 2008 | via Ellendale Eagle 

  Welcome, let me help you buy or sell your home! I know the area!! Hundreds of Eagle River Homes SOLD, we want to work for you! Accredited Buyers Agent, Certified Residential Specialist.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Home Listing, Eagle-River, AK, Alaska, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK

• Fairbanks energy rally draws hundreds

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 

  Photo by John Wagner About 800 Fairbanks area residents sent a strong message to legislators from around Alaska that energy prices are out of control - and that they expect the state's leadership to do ...

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  Related Topix: North Pole, AK, Home, Mortgage, Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

• Feds subpoena Alaska real estate listings

  Jun 7, 2008 | via Anchorage Daily News 

  CONSUMER PROTECTION: Head of MLS has urged members to cooperate. Published: June 7th, 2008 12:13 AM Last Modified: June 7th, 2008 12:21 AM Federal law enforcement officials have subpoenaed the exhaustive ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Alaska, Home Listing, Home

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  2 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

  3 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

  3 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

  3 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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