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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

• A Break From the Yard In Suburban Maple Lawn

  Friday Jul 11 | via Washington Post 

  Prasad Karunakaran, left, chats with neighbor Pradeep Sinha in the Maple Lawn community.

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  Related Topix: Sykesville, MD, Home, Mortgage, Gaithersburg, MD, Howard County, MD

• Some metro prices drop to 3-year lows

  Friday Jul 11 | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Average home prices dropped to three- or even four-year lows in parts of the metro area last month as sales continued to slump. 15 comments

  Related Topix: Housing

• Winning a chance to buy

  May 30, 2008 | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Leslie Spencer and Jennie Moser, both 26, were too busy with their teaching duties to attend the Howard County housing event that awarded each the right to buy a new, discounted two-bedroom condominium in ...

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  Related Topix: Howard County, MD, Housing, Columbia, MD, Ellicott City, MD, Elkridge, MD

• Newsmakers

  May 29, 2008 | via The View 

  STTAR Center, in Columbia, has announced that Katie Cogan and Ray Heim have been appointed as therapists to the clinical department of the center.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Howard County, MD, Ellicott City, MD

• New laws too late in loss of home

  May 4, 2008 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Changes to Maryland's foreclosure laws have come too late for Kwaku Atta Poku. The Ghanaian immigrant had built a new life in Maryland, only to lose his Howard County home, despite making every mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Howard County, MD, Ellicott City, MD, Columbia, MD, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Yesterday | via WTOP 

  Frederick County might step in to help alleviate the housing crisis. Next week, the Frederick County Commissioners plan to discuss a new law to prevent overgrown lawns.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Maryland

• Foreclosure rules take effect Wednesday

  Yesterday | via Daily Record 

  New foreclosure-procedure rules go into effect Wednesday that require lenders to provide direct notice to delinquent homeowners before taking possession of and selling their homes.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures

• Foreclosure in court

  Tuesday | via The Baltimore Sun 

  Maryland's highest court will convene today for a hearing on changes to foreclosure rules that would conform with new legislation that gives homeowners more notification and a longer waiting period before their ... 11 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• The Daily Dose: Monday

  Monday Jul 21 | via SNL Financial 

  Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust, announced that the company's total amount distributable for the quarter was S$22.6 million, an increase of 28.2% from S$17.7 ...

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  Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Maryland, Real Estate

• An economic prescription

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Baltimore Sun 

  Reading recent headlines, it might be easy to conclude that the economy is in a death spiral. 21 comments

  Related Topix: Maryland Government, Maryland, Weather, Housing, Opinion

National Headlines

• Discounted mortgage notes can stop foreclosures

  3 min ago | via Business Standard 

  Where politicians and bankers see vexing liabilities in defaulted mortgages and foreclosures, Robert Lee sees opportunities as he picks up the pieces of the housing bust.

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  Related Topix: Huntington Beach, CA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures

• Closing Market ... Dow "283.10 ... S&P "29.65 ... Nasdaq "45.77

  4 min ago | via Cleveland.com 

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

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

• Stocks Tumble After Sales of Existing Homes Fall; Dow Down 283 Points

  5 min ago | via ArkansasBusiness.com 

  The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 275 points.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, The National, Entertainment, Television, Real Estate, Home, Housing, Home Selling

• Housing Market Legislation Update

  5 min ago | via Business Law Prof Blog 

  On Wednesday, President Bush dropped his opposition to the current housing market legislation despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• US House to help homeowners

  6 min ago | via The Taipei Times 

  AIDING MORTGAGE GIANTS: The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that will provide liquidity to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with some denying it is a bailout AP, WASHINGTON Friday, Jul 25, 2008, Page 7 ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance