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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

• Deputies issue warning about mortgage scam

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Buffalo News 

  Authorities are warning the public to be wary of a scam in Cattaraugus County. A solicitation posted in the Salamanca Press asking readers to call an 866 number to get a loan to catch up on a mortgage or other ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Cattaraugus County, NY, Salamanca, NY

• Sheriff's Department Warns of Loan Scam

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via WGRZ-TV Buffalo 

  "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is." Those words from Cattaraugus County Sheriff Dennis John about an ad appearing in the Salamanca Press.

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  Related Topix: Salamanca, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Mortgage, Home

• Stocks Continue Sliding Toward the Weekend

  Apr 26, 2008 | via TheStreet.com 

  Updated from 1:03 p.m. EDT Stocks in the U.S. sank deep into the red Friday as investors dealt with a resuming climb in oil and abysmal home-sales numbers while unwinding their positions in front of long ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Hinsdale, NY, Financial Markets

• Neighbors Hope ABC Show Can Help Neighbor

  Mar 25, 2008 | via The Post-Journal, Jamestown New York 

  Several Cattaraugus County residents hope a letter writing campaign can lend a helping hand to a neighbor.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Gowanda, NY, Buffalo Metro, Cattaraugus County, NY

Regional Headlines

• Fitch Rates $100MM San Diego County (CA) Ser 2008B 'AA/F1+'

  Friday | via PR-inside.com 

  The long-term 'AA' rating reflects the county's very low debt burden, sound financial operations, and very strong and effective financial and debt policies, as well as concern over the economic and financial ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Financial Markets, New York

• NYC jury convicts former Haitian paramilitary leader in scheme to cheat mortgage lenders

  Friday | via Newsday.com 

  A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel "Toto" Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• Irwin shares soar after loan sale

  Friday | via IBJ.COM 

  Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. shares rose 25 percent this morning, in the first trading session since the company announced late yesterday that it was scaling back its exposure to the battered mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: New York, Irwin Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• N.Y. jury convicts ex-Haitian strongman of fraud

  Friday | via Buffalo News 

  A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  Friday | via Lansing State Journal 

  NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

National Headlines

• Affordable oasis near the sea

  3 min ago | via San Francisco Chronicle 

  Turning south onto Highway 1 from Skyline Boulevard, the road climbs to the top of a hill and then - like a rollercoaster after clanking its way slowly to its summit - plunges into Pacifica.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

• U.S. Congress approves wide-ranging housing rescue bill,

  4 min ago | via VietNamNet 

  The U.S. Congress approved on Saturday a wide-ranging housing rescue bill that will offer up to 300 billion U.S. dollars in assistance to troubled mortgage giants and homeowners.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, George Bush, 2008 Presidential Election

• Reverse mortgage leaves borrower stunned and stuck

  4 min ago | via Las Vegas Review Journal 

  Realtor Dave Berard, left, explains the terms of a reverse mortgage to William Lancaster in Lancaster's east Las Vegas home on July 17.

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  Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Las Vegas, NV, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

• Economy Class

  4 min ago | via Journal Gazette 

  Forget leading economic indicators, corporate quarterly earnings, record-low home equity, record-high mortgage defaults and all the rest of it.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Stuck in the middle: Renters swept up in wave of foreclosures

  5 min ago | via New Haven Register 

  Aurea Ortiz, a renter on Sedgewick Street in Bridgeport, is in danger of being evicted from her home because the building is being foreclosed.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Bridgeport, CT, Bridgeport Metro, New Haven Metro, New Haven Metro, New Haven, CT