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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

• Woman indicted in fraud case

  Yesterday | via Plainfield Sun 

  A DuPage County grand jury returned a seven count indictment of fraud and forgery charges against a young woman for her business practices as a mortgage broker.

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  Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lisle, IL

• Challenges to DuPage economy not readily apparent, group says

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via The Business Ledger 

  Challenges to the DuPage County economy are not readily apparent, according to Roger Hopkins, president and CEO of Choose DuPage, initially known as DuPage Biz.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Dupage County, IL

• Woman indicted in mortgage fraud case

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Herald News 

  A DuPage County grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment of fraud and forgery against a Yorkville woman for her business practices as a mortgage broker.

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  Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lisle, IL

• Yorkville woman indicted in mortgage fraud

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Beacon News 

  A DuPage County grand jury has returned a seven count indictment of fraud and forgery against a Yorkville woman for her business practices as a mortgage broker.

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  Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lisle, IL

• Real estate Downers Grove IL trends

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via WebWire 

  Downers Grove IL , an affluent suburb in DuPage County is located 19 miles west of Chicago.

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  Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Downers Grove, IL, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Obama to NYT: - A Week of Great Press' but - We Don't BUY Our Own Hype'

  58 min ago | via TheBlueSheet 

  In an interview with the New York Times' excellent Jeff Zeleny , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he's not "measuring the drapes" for the Oval Office, and that "we don't buy our own hype." He discussed the risks ...

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  Related Topix: Publishing, New York Times, Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, US Politics, John McCain, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Blago Calls On Bush To Sign Housing Package

  2 hrs ago | via Cbs2chicago.com 

  Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to quickly sign the Housing and Economic Stimulus Package which will provide more than $500 million in federal aid to support tax ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June

  8 hrs ago | via Courier News 

  Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Illinois, Real Estate

• Nevada Leads Foreclosure Tally in 2Q

  21 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice during the second quarter, an increase of 121 percent compared with the same quarter in 2007, according to RealtyTrac, which monitors foreclosure ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Illinois

• Roskam votes against blank check for Bush Administration

  Yesterday | via Illinoisreview 

  Roskam broke ranks with the Bush Administration yesterday on the mortgage bill, citing lack of oversight and resulting increased federal spending as his main complaints.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via PhillyBurbs.com 

  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

• Congress approves housing bill

  6 min ago | via MSN Money 

  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: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Foreclosures

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  7 min ago | via KRON 4 

  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

  7 min ago | via 97.5 FM 

  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

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  8 min ago | via 97.5 FM 

  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