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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

• Foreclosures Leading to Pet Abandonment

  17 hrs ago | via FirstCoastNews 

  Midnight, Rock, Cash, and Daisy. They are names of pets whose owners have given them up.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, St Johns County, FL

• Morning briefs

  Yesterday | via The Florida Times-Union 

  Fidelity National Financial Inc. reported a sharp drop in second-quarter earnings Wednesday, as the weak housing market continued to hurt demand for its title insurance services.

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  Related Topix: Insurance, Fidelity National Financial, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Jacksonville Metro, PSS World Medical, Medical Equipment, St Johns County, FL, Wachovia Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

• Housing expo scheduled for today

  Thursday Jul 17 | via St. Augustine Record 

  The West Augustine CRA Steering Committee met on Monday with some 30 people in attendance.

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  Related Topix: St. Augustine, FL, Home, Mortgage, St Johns County, FL

• LetteR: Burk's comments inaccurate, says Sullivan, a commission candidate

  Monday Jul 14 | via St. Augustine Record 

  Editor: St. Augustine City Commissioner Susan Burk's July 11 Letter to the Editor contains inaccuracies which I must address.

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  Related Topix: St Johns County, FL, St. Augustine, FL, Real Estate, Opinion

• Foreclosure counselors available

  Saturday Jul 12 | via St. Augustine Record 

  Facing foreclosure or have credit and budget problems that could eventually force you into foreclosure? A county agency has formed a group of experts to help people navigate through difficult financial times.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, St Johns County, FL, St. Augustine, FL

Regional Headlines

• Instant Editorial: Take action to protect home buyers

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  It's easy to jump the gun and call for heads to roll when a scandal erupts, but when years pass by and officials continue snubbing the law, it's past time to act.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Florida, Florida Government, Opinion

• Criminals were allowed to sell home loans in Florida, state official admits

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  MIAMI - The head of a state agency that allowed thousands of criminals to sell home loans in Florida has acknowledged that his office did not follow a screening law, but blamed legislators for failing to ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Homes sell; prices plunge in Lee County

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Lee County real estate agents sold slightly more homes in the first half of this year than a year ago - but the future's uncertain for the rest of the year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Cape Coral, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL, Florida

• RealtyTrac: Florida is No. 2 in Q2 foreclosure filings

  Monday Jul 21 | via Orlando Business Journal 

  The Sunshine State saw a 25 percent increase in foreclosure filings in the second quarter when compared with the first, according to RealtyTrac 's quarterly report.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Bradenton, FL, Miami Metro, Sarasota Metro, Tampa Metro

• Protesters call for loan regulator to quit

  2 hrs ago | via MiamiHerald.com 

  Waving placards and belting out full-throated chants, a community activist group marched into the Office of Financial Regulation's Miami office Thursday with a message for the state agency's chief: Resign.

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  Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Thursday, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Florida, Florida Government

National Headlines

• Early Briefing: Bob Johnson's Foray Into Liberia

  1 min ago | via The Washington Post 

  Robert Johnson, who is building a resort in Liberia, says African Americans "have a responsibility" to support the West African nation.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Housing

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  1 min ago | via WAOW-TV Wausau 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Housing construction continues slump in St. Louis

  1 min ago | via STLtoday 

  Sales of new houses nationwide fell in June, prolonging a deep slump and other data show the St.

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• Why Do We Need Publicly-Listed Commercial & Investment Banks? Part One

  1 min ago | via The Reasoned Sceptic 

  A collection of often sceptical, always candid observations and insights on the US economy, politics and large-cap equity markets by the Chief Investment Officer of Performance Research Associates, LLC.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mortgage

• Human Services provides various assistances services

  1 min ago | via Mason Valley News 

  The Lyon County Human Services Department offers a wide variety of programs and services to families, including assistance with rent, utilities, food, and shelter.

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  Related Topix: Lyon County, NV, Home, Mortgage, Fernley, NV, Silver Springs, NV, Yerington, NV