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• Wachovia Changes The Lending Game

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Realty Trac 

  With assets of more than $800 billion, Wachovia is the nation's fourth-largest banking institution .

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

Local Headlines

• Abilene banks rejoice

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Report news 

  Abilene bankers rejoice that their business hasn't been hit by the woes that have forced the closing of five U.S. banks this year, the latest on July 11 in California.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, University of Texas System, Abilene, TX

• Price is king, but extras might catch buyer's attention

  Monday Jul 7 | via Northwest Florida Daily News 

  Flashy buyer incentives like a new car parked in the driveway or a flat-panel TV might grab headlines but when it comes to actually enticing someone to buy a home it's the more practical perks that count, ...

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  Related Topix: Lansing, MI, East Lansing, MI, Home Buying, Home

• Setting the facts straight

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Abilene Reporter-News 

  Letters to the editors and opinion editorials are examples of free speech at work.

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  Related Topix: Borderline, Country, Foreclosures, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro

• Familiar Faces

  Jun 7, 2008 | via Corsicana Daily Sun 

  Teetz receives degree Carrie Anne Kent Teetz received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree from Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine on May 8 in College Station.

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  Related Topix: College Station, TX, Bryan Metro, Real Estate, Abilene, TX

• Consumers, housing turn index southward

  May 25, 2008 | via Abilene Reporter-News 

  By Karr Ingham / AbileneBiz contributor Sunday, May 25, 2008 The Abilene Economic Index continues to indicate that a trend change is in the offing, having shifted from strong growth through the spring of 2007, ...

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  Related Topix: Home Building, Housing, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro

Regional Headlines

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  2 hrs ago | via Mexia Daily News 

  Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...

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  Related Topix: Mexia, TX, Home, Mortgage, Texas

• East Texas Housing Market Strong

  14 hrs ago | via KLTV Tyler 

  A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage

• Wide-reaching Housing Rescue Legislation Moves Forward

  17 hrs ago | via WMFE 

  The House approved Wednesday a hotly-debated housing rescue package aimed at helping strapped homeowners avoid foreclosures after President Bush dropped his opposition to the bill.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Texas

• BUSINESS: Wall Street looks to extend gains as oil retreats

  Yesterday | via NJ Biz 

  BUSINESS: Bush drops opposition to housing bill 7/23/2008 Under the bill, the government would help struggling homeowners get new, cheaper loans and would be allowed to offer troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Dolly, Texas, Retail, Tuesday Morning

• Kay Bailey Hutchison: Ensuring security for Freddie and Fannie

  Yesterday | via Dallas Morning News 

  Kay Bailey Hutchison is the senior U.S. senator from Texas and chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Opinion, Dallas, TX

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