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Housing rescue proposals get boost

Bailout would lower rates; Senate backs tax credit for buyers

JOB ISN'T DONE Representative Barney Frank says $50 billion is probably not enough to help stop the country's foreclosure crisis. JOB ISN'T DONE Representative Barney Frank says $50 billion is probably not enough to help stop the country's foreclosure crisis.
By Jenifer B. McKim
Globe Staff / February 11, 2009

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Home buyers looking for lower mortgage rates and borrowers struggling to keep their homes may soon receive help as Congress and the Obama administration yesterday moved closer to delivering a boost to the troubled real estate sector. (Full article: 645 words)

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