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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

• Area housing sales show improvement Foreclosures by Locality

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Fredericksburg.com 

  The Fredericksburg-area housing market continued to struggle last month, but there has been improvement since early this year.

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  Related Topix: Housing, King George County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Foreclosures, Fredericksburg, VA

• Builders Heed 'Perfect Storm'

  Jun 5, 2008 | via The Free Lance-Star 

  As energy rates rise, Fredericksburg-area home buyers are starting to focus on factors other than mortgages.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Fredericksburg, VA, Stafford County, VA

• More Homes Are Selling, For Less

  May 15, 2008 | via The Free Lance-Star 

  Median housing prices in the Fredericksburg area fell last month to their lowest levels since October 2004, but more homes sold than in previous months.

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  Related Topix: Stafford County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Housing, Foreclosures

• Chilly home sales heat rental market for Now, No Sale

  May 3, 2008 | via Fredericksburg.com 

  The residential rental market in the Fredericksburg area has stayed strong as housing sales and prices have slumped, local Realtors say.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Spotsylvania, VA, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Greenlaw cites her experience Mary Katherine Greenlaw brings experience to council run

  Apr 27, 2008 | via The Free Lance-Star 

  Mary Katherine Greenlaw doesn't have a close relative who grew up more than 30 minutes from Fredericksburg.

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  Related Topix: Stafford County, VA, Real Estate, Fredericksburg, VA

Regional Headlines

• Editor Takes the Plunge, Goes Through Licensing Process

  6 hrs ago | via Sun - Gazette 

  Listen up, you top producers out there: you some day could have competition in the world of real estate.

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  Related Topix: Merrifield, VA, Real Estate, Virginia

• Experts gather to figure out how to decrease Virginia's foreclosure rate

  16 hrs ago | via WDBJ7 

  July 23, 2008 Experts gather to figure out how to decrease Virginia's foreclosure rate Virginia's foreclosure rate is rising faster than the national average.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Virginia, Virginia Government

• Gloomy Virginia: Foreclosure crisis likely to worsen, says analyst

  Yesterday | via The Daily Times 

  RICHMOND - Government and community leaders from throughout Virginia gathered Wednesday to consider how they can reverse a disturbing spike in foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• NVR Ekes Out a Profit in Deep Housing Slump

  Yesterday | via The Washington Post 

  NVR's profit of $51.3 million reflected a skid of 43 percent. COMMENT By Zachary A. Goldfarb Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 23, 2008; Page D01 NVR, the region's biggest home builder, said ...

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  Related Topix: Washington Post, Publishing, Home Building, Home, Mortgage, Virginia

• Will Presidential Election Help Resurrect Local Housing Strength?

  Monday Jul 21 | via Sun - Gazette 

  No matter who wins this November's presidential election, the turnover of political staff members will - if only slightly - boost activity in the local real estate market, some top local real estate ...

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  Related Topix: Virginia, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  2 min ago | via Huliq.com 

  Sales of US existing homes fell 2.6% to an annualized rate of 4.86 million from a 4.99 million pace the prior month.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Home Selling, Housing, Real Estate

• Banks step up Fed borrowing, Wall Street passes

  2 min ago | via The Flint Journal 

  Banks stepped up their borrowing over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms didn't draw such loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker

  3 min ago | via Marin Independent Journal 

  Two cornerstones of the economy - jobs and housing - sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures

• Gloomy day for U.S. markets

  3 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped 34,000 last week, the Labor Department said, in part reflecting seasonal volatility typical at this time of year, but also indicating ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Home Selling, Stamford, CT, New Haven Metro

• Md. Woman Charged In Tax Scandal

  3 min ago | via NewsChannel 8 

  A real estate agent from Prince George's County has been charged in a scheme that prosecutors believe defrauded the D.C. tax office out of nearly $50 million.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Clinton, MD, University of the District of Columbia