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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

• Local briefs from area businesses

  Thursday | via Winchester Sun 

  Peoples Exchange Bank announced Wednesday that it has acquired the Lexington office of Frontier Lending Company in a move geared toward expanding its existing mortgage offerings.

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  Related Topix: Lexington, KY, Mortgage, Home, Winchester, KY

• Central Kentucky's housing market shows resiliency

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Fewer people in The Bluegrass are signing their names to home mortgages, but if you have the money, now might be the perfect time to buy.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Lexington Metro, Lexington, KY, Housing, Home Selling, Kentucky

• Nicholasville No.1 small city for affordable homes

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Lexington Herald-Leader 

  Banker Tommy Cobb was surprised but pleased to learn that Money magazine ranked Nicholasville as the No.

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  Related Topix: Nicholasville, KY, Lexington Metro, Lexington, KY, Housing

• DQ test market

  Jun 2, 2008 | via TheTimesTribune.com 

  Special to the Times-Tribune DQ Grill & Chill and Dairy Queen locations throughout greater Lexington are taking the sting out of rising gas prices, economic woes and the mortgage crunch with a new value offer ...

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• Personnel file

  Jun 14, 2008 | via Kentucky.com 

  Eastern Kentucky University: Marta Miranda, associate professor of anthropology and social work and director of women's and gender studies at EKU, has also been named director of multicultural student affairs.

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Regional Headlines

• Bunning criticizes support for mortgage giants

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Independent 

  U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning again condemned a support package for troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the plan backed by the Bush administration "smacks of socialism." In his weekly conference ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Jim Bunning, Kentucky

• 'No housing bust here, just a leveling off'

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Marshall County Tribune-Courier 

  'No housing bust here, just a leveling off' By Misti Strader Tribune-Courier News Editor mstrader@tribunecourier.com BENTON - Plummeting home prices nationwide have caused concern among local buyers and ...

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  Related Topix: Benton, KY, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Kentucky, Home Listing, Home

• Property Transfers: June 12-21, 2008

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY 

  June 12: Joe D. and Sandra L. Taylor, 60.17 acres on Cedar Grove Church Road to John Wayne York, $332. Nelda Mae Bowman, 2.25 acres on Mt.

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• Commercial real estate, agriculture help boost slowing economy

  Jun 23, 2008 | via Business First of Louisville 

  Commercial real estate, agriculture and food manufacturing were the bright spots in an otherwise slowing economy in Louisville during the first two months of 2008, according to a report released Wednesday by ...

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  Related Topix: Kentucky, Banking, Financial Services, Agriculture, Science, Housing

• Foreclosures rising in Boone Co.

  Jun 10, 2008 | via Indian Hill Journal 

  Foreclosures of real estate in Boone County are on the rise and could double by the end of the year.

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National Headlines

• U.S. Senate seen backing housing bill, Bush to sign

  13 min ago | via Reuters 

  The U.S. Senate was expected to approve a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday and President George W. Bush was ready to sign it soon, amid questions about how much it will help.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Two candidates for state Legislature have been sued for debts

  14 min ago | via Kansas.com 

  Two Wichita women running for seats in the Kansas Legislature have been sued for debts worth thousands of dollars apiece, according to Sedgwick County District Court documents.

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  Related Topix: Sedgwick County, KS, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, Wichita Metro, Wichita, KS

• Dreier, Miller back housing legislation

  14 min ago | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outs of San Gabriel Valley-area politics and city government.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Diamond Bar, CA, San Gabriel, CA, US Politics, US News, David Dreier, Republican, US House of Representatives, Gary Miller, Foreclosures

• Banks rally as CEOs hold off on issuing shares

  14 min ago | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Wachovia Corporation, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services

• Senate close to passing housing aid

  15 min ago | via The Boston Globe 

  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