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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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Local Headlines

• Power company brushed by mortgage mess

  May 16, 2008 | via Charleston Daily Mail 

  The sub-prime mortgage mess has even affected American Electric Power, one of the nation's bluest blue-chip companies, the state Economic Development Authority learned.

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  Related Topix: American Electric Power, Energy, St. Albans, WV, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Markets

Regional Headlines

• Helping companies - absolutely right'

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Register-herald.com 

  Tossing a life-saving raft out to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, struggling to stay afloat in a sea of red ink, is an idea backed by some members of West Virginia's congressional delegation.

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, West Virginia, West Virginia Government

• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Small Business, Personal Finance

• Housing authority celebrates its 50 years

  Saturday Jul 12 | via The Times West Virginian 

  For 50 years, the Fairmont Housing Authority has been providing decent, affordable homes and financing for low- to moderate-income individuals in two cities and four counties across the region.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, Home, Mortgage

• Court Strips West Va. Bank Executive of Punitive Damages Award

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Insurance Journal West 

  A West Virginia man who says his association with the failed First National Bank of Keystone cost him his banking career should be stripped of a $2.4 million damage award, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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  Related Topix: West Virginia, US News, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Financial Services, Accounting, Home, Mortgage

• Thumbs - Saturday, June 28, 2008

  Friday Jun 27 | via Register-herald.com 

  Thumbs up ... to William "Sarge" McGhee, whose talents are exhibited across Mullens in the numerous murals depicting life in the once-bustling railroad town.

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  Related Topix: Mullens, WV, West Virginia, Beckley, WV, Fayette County, WV, Home, Mortgage, Opinion

National Headlines

• Existing home sales fall 2.6% in June

  4 min ago | via Butler Eagle 

  Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades.

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

• Report: Foreclosure sales up in Maricopa County

  4 min ago | via KTAR / Local / Stories 

  A new report shows that more than 40 percent of Maricopa County home sales in June were foreclosures.

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• Fauquier Foreclosure Sales

  4 min ago | via Times Community Newspapers - Fauquier County 

  I let you all know, not long ago that the Fauquier numbers for June looked pretty good.

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• ASB follows Bollard's lead, cuts fixed rate - Cullen approves

  5 min ago | via NZ Herald 

  ASB has moved quickly to cut its two year fixed home lending rate, after Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard cut the Official Cash Rate to 8 per cent from 8.25 per cent.

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• Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall

  5 min ago | via NY Daily News 

  Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's ...

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