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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

• Onorato Urges Gaming Board To Move Quickly

  19 hrs ago | via Kdka.com 

  More reaction this afternoon to casino developer Neil Bluhm's comments to a senate panel yesterday.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Allegheny County, PA, Pittsburgh, PA

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  Yesterday | via The Daily American 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought.

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  Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Erie County, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA, Home, Mortgage

• Bluhm sounds alarm on Pittsburgh casino deal

  Thursday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  The latest deal to save a casino in Pittsburgh faces major uncertainty by as early as July 30 if it is not approved by then by the state Gaming Control Board.

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  Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Foreclosures, Pittsburgh, PA

• Home prices rise in June, but sales fall

  Wednesday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Metropolitan Pittsburgh's residential real estate prices grew by an average of 2 percent in June compared with a year ago, but the total dollars spent on homes fell by 15 percent during the same time frame.

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  Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Housing, Beaver County, PA, Washington County, PA, Allegheny County, PA

• Pittsburgh home sales continue decline

  Monday Jul 21 | via Pittsburgh Business Times 

  The slumping Pittsburgh housing market showed no signs of recovery in June with home sales down 15.4 percent over the same month last year.

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  Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Senators find Pittsburgh casino is in dire shape

  19 hrs ago | via Luminary 

  State senators asking questions Thursday about the rescue of a financially troubled Pittsburgh casino project by other investors found the situation more complicated and dire than they originally thought.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Regional economy shows improvement

  Wednesday | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Mortgage, Home

• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania, Home Listing, Home

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun 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 News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  2 min ago | via KESQ 

  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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  2 min ago | via MassLive.com 

  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, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Downtown Sacramento Real Estate Market Report

  6 min ago | via Sacramento Real Estate Blog 

  Real estate in Downtown Sacramento continued to command top dollar in May, with sold price per square foot running more than twice as high as the county-wide average, though this year's crop of homes was much ...

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  Related Topix: Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro, Foreclosures, Events

• 15-Year Mortgage or a 30-Year Mortgage?

  6 min ago | via About.com 

  The traditional 30-year mortgage has become the standard method of borrowing for most people, but the 15-year mortgage is still a viable solution for many people.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage