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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

• Community Action Details Plans For McHenry Workforce Housing Project

  Thursday Jul 17 | via The Republican 

  Affordable workforce housing for low and moderate income people may soon be available at a proposed development called Lake Hill.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Garrett County, MD

• Decision on county nursing home sale facing likely delay

  Thursday Jun 26 | via Cumberland Times-News 

  The decision whether or not to sell the Allegany County Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center could be delayed by two weeks or more.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Cumberland, MD

• First time Garrett students to register

  Jun 2, 2008 | via Cumberland Times-News 

  Children entering Garrett County schools for the first time should be registered soon.

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  Related Topix: Garrett County, MD, Personal Finance, Mortgage, Education Etc.

• General Assembly Approves Several Garrett Co. Bills

  Apr 10, 2008 | via The Republican 

  The 425th session of the Maryland General Assembly concluded in Annapolis on Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Garrett County, MD, Foreclosures, Agriculture, Science

• America's Top Second-Home Spots

  Apr 2, 2008 | via Forbes.com 

  Though the country's housing markets continue to soften, those who can afford a second, third or fourth home are opening their wallets.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• Frederick County wants to tackle vacant homes, shaggy lawns

  Wednesday Jul 23 | 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

  Tuesday Jul 22 | 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 Jul 22 | 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

• Congress passes mortgage aid bill

  2 min ago | via North County Journal 

  It took fears of a market collapse to push President George W. Bush and Congress to compromise on election-year mortgage help for struggling homeowners.

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

• Lawsuit dropped over SoCal congresswoman's home

  4 min ago | via Fox News 

  A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Financial Services, Banking, Washington Mutual, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Raise a glass of best Chateau Sucker

  4 min ago | via Irish Independent 

  Frankly, I've been getting tired of all the bad news. Every day brings new reports of job losses, price increases, industrial collapse, increasing debt, stock exchange plunges, pension erosion and general ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Train Disaster, Opinion

• US shuts down two more banks

  6 min ago | via Times of Oman 

  WASHINGTON: The US Treasury has shut down two affiliated western banks as the impact of the US real estate crash rolls through the country's financial institutions.

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  Related Topix: Reno, NV, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• A healthy market

  3 hrs ago | via The Daily Advertiser 

  The home buying boom in Lafayette is leveling off, and with national stories of lending disasters and foreclosures tempering the market, local builders are trying to assure potential buyers.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Baton Rouge, LA, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Lafayette, LA