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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

• Money woes add to tax talk at public forum

  Jun 24, 2008 | via Leader-Telegram 

  Among the responses of state residents surveyed by The Wisconsin Way, a statewide coalition of real estate agents, county politicians, educators and builders: -53 percent said property taxes are too high ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Osseo, WI, Dunn County, WI

• Child injured in tornado still critical; 194 more damaged homes identified

  May 28, 2008 | via Star Tribune 

  An American flag and police tape flapped in the breeze Tuesday outside a house destroyed by Sunday's tornado.

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  Related Topix: Lino Lakes, MN, Hugo, MN, Weather, Home, Mortgage

• Let's throw a bankruptcy party

  Feb 21, 2008 | via Dunn County News 

  To the editor: Congress is acting with its usual election year irresponsibility.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, IRA, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Mayor delivers keynote address at state clean water convention

  Yesterday | via Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter 

  Mayor Kevin Crawford's keynote address on Thursday at a Wisconsin Alliance of Cities convention "Clean Water: From Politics to Policy" framed the issues surrounding clean water mandates handed to municipalities ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Agriculture, Science

• Janesville recognized for affordable housing

  Thursday | via The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, Wisconsin 

  The city was ranked 16th in affordable housing. With a median home price of $124,700, Janesville was the only Wisconsin community to make the housing list.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Wisconsin, Real Estate

• Planned bill targets Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on lawsuits by homebuyers

  Monday Jul 21 | via Wisconsin State Journal 

  State lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation next year that would reverse a state Supreme Court decision blocking home buyers from suing sellers for punitive damages when they lie about the condition ...

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Middleton, WI, Juneau, WI, Wisconsin, Real Estate

• Planning for the future

  Thursday Jul 10 | via The Daily Press 

  Senior citizens on fixed incomes aren't going to be surprised by the results of a report released this week that shows it is increasingly difficult to make ends meet.

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  Related Topix: Bayfield, WI, Ashland, WI, Wisconsin, Social Security, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Opinion

• Buyers lose recourse in frauds

  Sunday Jul 6 | via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal 

  Home buyers who believe a seller has lied to them cannot sue for fraud to recover damages, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court said Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Wisconsin, Real Estate, Brookfield, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Milwaukee Metro

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 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

  4 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

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