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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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Local Headlines

• Utah home sales down 28 percent

  11 hrs ago | via Daily Herald 

  The housing market along the Wasatch Front is slowing, but prices are not following the downward trend.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Davis County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT

• Utah home sales drop 28 percent in second quarter

  Yesterday | via KMVT Twin Falls 

  The Salt Lake Board of Realtors says home sales in the second quarter dropped 28 percent compared to the second quarter of 2007.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Salt Lake County, UT

• SL County home values up 3 percent

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via KSL TV 

  Mixed news in Utah Real estate: Existing home sales are on the rebound but still down from a year ago.

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  Related Topix: Home, Herriman, UT, Home Selling, Riverton, UT, Salt Lake County, UT, Housing

• Utah: Home-sales numbers show bubble bursting

  Wednesday | via Deseret News 

  Home-sales numbers released Wednesday indicate that the Wasatch Front's housing bubble has truly begun to burst: 61 of 81 ZIP codes in four counties saw decreases in median home prices during the second quarter ...

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  Related Topix: Weber County, UT, Real Estate, Davis County, UT, Utah County, UT, Salt Lake County, UT

• Salt Lake County home sales drop steeply, prices decline

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Salt Lake Tribune 

  Salt Lake County homes sales in the second quarter plummeted 28 percent from the same three-month period last year, while prices slipped 2 percent to $249,000. In all, 2,581 single-family homes changed hands in ...

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  Related Topix: Salt Lake County, UT, Housing, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Utah job growth falls below 1%

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Salt Lake Tribune 

  Job losses in the residential real-estate industry continue to take their toll on Utah's economy, pushing employment growth last month below the 1 percent mark for the first time in five years.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Housing, Sundance Film Festival, Utah Government, Utah

• Utah job growth at 5-year low as construction work dips

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Salt Lake Tribune 

  Employment growth in Utah has slowed to a crawl, dipping below the 1 percent mark last month for the first time in five years.

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  Related Topix: Utah Government, Utah, Housing

• Entrepreneurial Spirit Key to Utah Valley's Success, Experts say

  Friday Jul 11 | via Utah Business 

  Slowing commercial and residential real estate markets, sluggish tourism levels and transportation troubles are some of the issues facing Utah Valley, as well as much of the state.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Brigham Young University, Utah

• Bankruptcy in Utah up 42#x25 year-to-date

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Deseret Morning News 

  He sees it every day at work: adults with a bankruptcy in their past needing to re-establish their credit to make a major purchase.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Credit Card Debt, Utah Government, Utah

• Utah foreclosures up 141#x25

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Deseret Morning News 

  The number of Utah homeowners who received a foreclosure filing in June jumped nearly 141 percent, compared with the same month last year, according to a report released Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Provo, UT, Orem, UT, Utah County, UT, Utah, Sundance Film Festival, Foreclosures

National Headlines

• Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June

  20 min ago | via Courier News 

  Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Illinois, Real Estate

• Dollar mixed against major currencies

  20 min ago | via People's Daily 

  The dollar was mixed against major currencies on Friday as U.S. sales of new homes were slightly better than expected in June.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Housing

• Two gas bill hikes now on the way Increases expected to total 40pc in six months

  21 min ago | via Irish Independent 

  HOUSEHOLDS face two 20pc increases in their gas bills over the next six months, the Irish Independent can reveal.

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• Top lender under fire over new mortgage fee

  21 min ago | via Irish Independent 

  A LEADING mortgage lender has broken ranks with other banks and decided to start charging a fee to customers who seek a better-value mortgage.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Senate close to passing housing aid

  22 min ago | via Lubbock Avalanche 

  Homeowners struggling to make their house payments could get government mortgage relief under a rescue plan that seeks to revive the chaotic housing market and help reverse the economic downturn.

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