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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

• 'Dream' housing program helps residents avoid foreclosures

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Central Ohio 

  A new statewide campaign aims to curb the increasing number of families losing their homes by making free legal assistance available to those who qualify.

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  Related Topix: Lancaster, OH, Foreclosures, Fairfield County, OH, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Do we have to 'Bear' with corporate welfare?

  Jun 8, 2008 | via LancasterEagleGazette 

  ACCORDING to realtytrac.com, in Fairfield County there are approximately 263 pre-foreclosure, 150 auction and 420 bank-owned properties listed.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, John McCain, US News, Foreclosures, Fairfield County, OH, Home, Mortgage

• Slow Economy Sparks Foreclosure Talks And Layoffs

  May 29, 2008 | via WLBZ 

  Amidst fresh signs that the housing market is still on the decline, the nation's governors are calling on Washington, and private industry, to help homeowners facing trouble.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Pennsylvania, Minnesota Government, Minnesota

• Two More Arrested in Theft Ring

  Apr 24, 2008 | via WCLT-AM Newark 

  Two more men wanted in a $2.5 million central Ohio theft ring are in jail. 22-year-old Randall Workman of Millersport and 38-year-old Eugene Willis have turned themselves into authorities.

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  Related Topix: Millersport, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Home, Mortgage

• $2.5M crime ring likely biggest ever in Fairfield Co.

  Apr 22, 2008 | via Newark Advocate 

  A Millersport man allegedly led at least eight others in a $2.5 million organized crime ring to obtain high-end items for the sole purpose of living lavishly, according to court documents.

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  Related Topix: Millersport, OH, Licking County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Lawyers work pro bono to stave off foreclosure

  12 min ago | via Northeast Suburban Life 

  A judge's decision to launch a foreclosure-mediation program has saved the homes of several Clermont County families, and similar efforts are under way throughout Southwest Ohio.

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Clermont County, OH, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Tracking firm: Ohio foreclosure rate flattening

  16 hrs ago | via WXIX-TV Cincinnati 

  While foreclosures continue to soar nationwide, a firm keeping close tabs on the numbers says the crisis appears to be leveling off in Ohio.

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Foreclosures

• Ad for loans called upfront-fee scam

  Yesterday | via The Cincinnati Enquirer 

  The Ohio Department of Commerce is warning consumers to be on guard against newspaper advertisements that promote the availability of loans but fail to name the company and its location.

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

• Prince William Co. Homeowners Get Help To Avoid Foreclosure

  Jun 1, 2007 | via WRC Washington DC Channel 4 

  Homeowners in Prince William County, one of the areas hardest hit by foreclosures, are seeking help to hold on to their homes, but experts say the crisis isn't over yet.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Ohio

• Housing bill clears test, foreclosure halt asked

  Friday | via The Washington Post 

  Housing market rescue legislation cleared a procedural test vote in the U.S. Senate on Friday ahead of final passage expected on Saturday, and lawmakers asked banks to suspend further foreclosures until a new ...

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  Related Topix: Ohio, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, Mortgage, Personal Finance

National Headlines

• Congress passes mortgage aid bill

  5 min ago | via North County Journal 

  It took fears of a market collapse to push President George W. Bush and Congress to compromise on election-year mortgage help for struggling homeowners.

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

• Lawsuit dropped over SoCal congresswoman's home

  7 min ago | via Fox News 

  A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Banking, Washington Mutual, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Raise a glass of best Chateau Sucker

  8 min ago | via Irish Independent 

  Frankly, I've been getting tired of all the bad news. Every day brings new reports of job losses, price increases, industrial collapse, increasing debt, stock exchange plunges, pension erosion and general ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Train Disaster, Opinion

• US shuts down two more banks

  10 min ago | via Times of Oman 

  WASHINGTON: The US Treasury has shut down two affiliated western banks as the impact of the US real estate crash rolls through the country's financial institutions.

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  Related Topix: Reno, NV, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• A healthy market

  3 hrs ago | via The Daily Advertiser 

  The home buying boom in Lafayette is leveling off, and with national stories of lending disasters and foreclosures tempering the market, local builders are trying to assure potential buyers.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Baton Rouge, LA, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Lafayette, LA