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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

• Men Allegedly Sell 250 Pounds Of Pot To Undercover Cops

  Dec 21, 2007 | via WNEM-TV Saginaw 

  Five Gratiot County men are in custody Friday night after they were arrested on drug trafficking charges.

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  Related Topix: Gratiot County, MI, Drugs, Alma, MI, St. Louis, MI, Riverdale, MI, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Inflation takes hold in Europe

  Yesterday | via Detroit News 

  It took a few months. But the economic woes touched off by soaring oil prices and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States are finally engulfing Europe.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Charlotte (University of North Carolina System), University of North Carolina System, Michigan

• University comes to Michigan's rescue

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Holland Sentinel 

  As job losses, foreclosures and other woes continue to batter Michigan, an unlikely savior has emerged from the halls of academia.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Michigan, Michigan Government, Ann Arbor (University of Michigan System)

• Big players in real estate now on the same team

  Thursday Jul 17 | via LivingstonDaily 

  Two of the biggest names in real estate in Livingston County have combined and created a new force in the market.

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  Related Topix: Livingston County, MI, Howell, MI, Real Estate, Brighton, MI, Michigan

• Announces Disaster Assistance for Michigan Storm Victims

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via HUD 

  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 11 storm-ravaged counties in Michigan and provide support to homeowners and low-income ...

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  Related Topix: Weather, Michigan, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• An unconstitutional amendment

  Sunday Jul 13 | via LivingstonDaily 

  What happens when a constitutional amendment is so complicated that the amendment itself becomes unconstitutional? We might be about to find out.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Michigan, Michigan Government, Opinion

National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  3 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  3 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• One year of the global financial crisis

  4 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  6 min ago | via Portland Tribune 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  7 min ago | via The Post-Star 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Home Listing, 2008 Presidential Election