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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

• Housing market holds steady during first half of the year

  Sunday Jul 20 | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  While Montgomery County home sales have declined over the first half of 2008 compare with the same period a year ago, many analysts say sales are more in line with 2004 and 2005 which was before the sub-prime ...

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  Related Topix: Cut and Shoot, TX, Real Estate, Houston Metro, Montgomery County, TX

• Green houses in new development

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Houston Chronicle 

  Energy prices at an all-time high, the national housing market flailing and mortgages hard to come by: It's not surprising that on Houston's outer edges, new houses are as hard to sell as used SUVs.

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, TX, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Spring, TX

• Big Brother 10 cast

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via TVgasm 

  No couples, and no twinsies, the Big Brother 10 cast will have 13 real strangers.

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• 'Big Brother 10' contestants

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via The Associated Press 

  A look at the 13 'Big Brother 10' contestants: > Michelle Costa, 28 Hometown: Cumberland, R.I. Occupation: Real estate agent Most Unique Item Packed: Crossword puzzles Audition Process: ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Magnolia, TX, Game Show, Entertainment, Television

• Surviving the Miami Valley Money Crunch

  Jun 23, 2008 | via WHIOTV 

  Few will disagree that our economy is in crisis right now. The price for a gallon of regular gas has climbed to more than four dollars a gallon in many places and food prices have skyrocketed as well.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Montgomery County, OH, Home, Mortgage

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

  5 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

  6 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

  6 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

  6 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

  6 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