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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

• Suspected 'Crown Royal bandit' indicted

  Apr 15, 2008 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  The man who became known as the "Crown Royal bandit" sometimes would assure customers in the bank he was robbing that he was not taking their money, witnesses reported, only the bank's money.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, High-Shoals, GA, Madison County, GA

• Housing market on the rise?

  Jan 19, 2008 | via Athens Banner-Herald 

  Indicators mixed on construction rebound Employees of No Limit Construction Co. work on a house recently in the Towns Walk subdivision off Timothy Road in Athens.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Social Circle, GA, Madison County, GA

Regional Headlines

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

  Yesterday | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by ...

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  Related Topix: Georgia, George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Keep the down payment assistance program

  Yesterday | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Who's to blame for the subprime mortgage crisis sweeping the nation? Wall Street bankers who've overleveraged their books by billions of dollars? Or first-time home buyers who received gifts of a few thousand ...

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  Related Topix: Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Georgia

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday Jul 18 | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

• A Texas warning for Georgia banks

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Several Georgia banks dominate a recent ranking of the nation's riskiest financial institutions based on a measure known as the "Texas ratio," which attempts to gauge how likely they will run into deep ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Alpharetta, GA, Georgia

• Superior Court Clerk Candidates Q&A

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Rome News - Tribune 

  I am a Floyd County native and I began my public service career in 1975 as a deputy sheriff with the Floyd County Sheriffs Department.

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  Related Topix: Texas A&M University System, Georgia, Real Estate

National Headlines

• Sales of Existing Homes Nonexistent

  4 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

  4 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

  5 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

  5 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

  5 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