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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

• For the economy, finally some news not half bad

  52 min ago | via Log Cabin Democrat 

  For the economy, finally some news not half bad By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half ...

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• Detroit Community Comes Out to Support Rubie Curl-Pinkins in Foreclosure Struggle

  20 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire 

  Michigan foeclosures: Moratorium struggle builds, activists plan to stop eviction By Kris Hamel Detroit Published Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM Organizers with the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and ...

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  Related Topix: Wayne County, MI, Michigan, Detroit Metro, Oakland County, MI, Home, Mortgage

• County's No. 1, No. 2 real estate firms to make state's biggest real estate office

  21 hrs ago | via Ann Arbor News 

  Friday, July 25, 2008 BY LISA CAROLIN The two largest real estate companies in Livingston County are merging and will become what principals are describing as the largest single real estate office in Michigan.

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  Related Topix: Livingston County, MI, Real Estate, Michigan, Hamburg, MI, Hartland, MI, Fenton, MI

• New home sales drop fall less than expected

  23 hrs ago | via San Francisco Examiner 

  Jul 25, 2008 10:16 AM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP A public auction sign is seen in front of a farmhouse Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in Buckingham, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Housing, Foreclosures

• Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed

  Yesterday | via MSN Money 

  Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.

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National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 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

  1 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

  1 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

  1 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

  2 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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