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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

• Consumer groups and lawmakers hope changes will ease subprime crisis

  Yesterday | via Portland Tribune 

  Long after subprime-lending abuses sent the economy into a tailspin, the Federal Reserve Board has issued tough new lending regulations - strikingly similar to what Oregon consumer advocates proposed in the ...

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  Related Topix: Multnomah County, OR, Foreclosures, Gordon Smith, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Home, Mortgage

• While nation's subprime crisis hits Oregon, one homeowner gets a reprieve

  Thursday | via Portland Tribune 

  Susan Shell, who risked losing her home in the fallout from a fraudulent loan, was featured in an April Tribune story.

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Medicine, Health, Massage Therapy, Health, Multnomah County, OR, Financial Services

• 10 Cities Where Cost of Living Is Growing Fast

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Realtor Magazine 

  Forbes magazine looked at inflation in the 40 largest metro areas in the U.S. to see where prices were rising fastest.

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  Related Topix: Portland, OR, Home, Mortgage

• Office space rental market softens

  Monday Jul 21 | via Oregonlive.com 

  Portland's commercial real estate market had largely dodged the residential market's swoon.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Portland Metro, Portland Metro

• Front Porch

  Saturday Jul 19 | via The Oregonian 

  Who's up, down and upside down in real estate Portland's close-in homes still gaining Homes in close-in neighborhoods continued to hold their value better than outlying areas in the first half of 2008.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Portland Metro, Portland Metro

Regional Headlines

• Oregon man sentenced to 10 years in mortgage scheme

  Monday Jul 21 | via KGW-TV Portland 

  A former Portland mortgage broker described as "the perfect con man" has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a $5 million fraud scheme.

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  Related Topix: Oregon, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Portland Developer Goes Belly Up

  Monday Jul 21 | via Portland Real Estate Blog 

  It's not the first story of its kind and probably not the last. Sunday's front page Oregonian article detailed the rise and fall of Ryan Olsen Development in their story, Portland-area Builder Implodes .

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• Roommates: Not just for college students anymore

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KVAL-TV Eugene 

  That all changed when he bought a Springfield home and realized he couldn't pay the mortgage without one.

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  Related Topix: University of Illinois System, Oregon, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home Listing

• Million-dollar properties still in demand in Southern Oregon

  Sunday Jul 20 | via OregonLive.com 

  Million-dollar homes remain in demand in Southern Oregon, though buyers and sellers still worry about home prices and financing, reports this morning's Medford Mail Tribune .

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  Related Topix: Housing, Oregon, Medford, OR, Medford Metro, Real Estate, Jackson County, OR

• Foreclosures in the Portland area and central Oregon top 2002's dot-com drop

  Thursday Jul 17 | via The Oregonian 

  Mortgage defaults in the Portland area and central Oregon rose 97 percent in the first half of 2008, compared with a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Clackamas, OR, Portland, OR, Oregon, Foreclosures

National Headlines

• Downtown Sacramento Real Estate Market Report

  4 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?

  4 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

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via KCBY-TV Coos Bay 

  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

• Gregg, Sununu vote for housing bill

  5 min ago | via The Boston Globe 

  Sens. John Sununu and Judd Gregg were on the winning side Saturday as the Senate approved a plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to save mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  5 min ago | via Times Leader 

  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