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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

• Comics book convention in Philadelphia and examining the security of...

  May 24, 2008 | via Easton Express-Times 

  Comics book convention in Philadelphia and examining the security of the bond market in Saturday's Express-Times ... Posted by Express-Times staff May 23, 2008 20:00PM ... and at www.lehighvalleylive.com A ...

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  Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Financial Markets, Mortgage, Personal Finance, State College, PA, Centre County, PA

• Pennsylvania Fire Company Recovers From Financial Trouble

  May 19, 2008 | via FireFightingNews.com 

  Three years ago, when the Port Matilda Fire Company's building was days away from foreclosure, no one thought this day would come.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Port Matilda, PA, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Centre County, PA

• Stretch every dollar

  Nov 26, 2007 | via Centre Daily Times 

  Statistically, Todd and Heather Kellerman shouldn't be making ends meet. But they're getting by.

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  Related Topix: State College, PA, State College Metro, Milesburg, PA, Centre County, PA, Home, Mortgage

• Help available for first-time homebuyers

  Mar 4, 2008 | via Centre Daily Times 

  What do 276 households in Centre County have in common? Participation in the First-Time Homebuyer Program.

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  Related Topix: Bellefonte, PA, Milesburg, PA, Centre County, PA, Mortgage, Home, Opinion

• Centre County less affected by housing slump; affordability a concern

  Jan 30, 2008 | via Centre Daily Times 

  COLLEGE TOWNSHIP -- Problems in the national housing market have yet to hit a low point, but while Pennsylvania is not immune to the down market, the impact here hasn't been as severe as in much of the rest of ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Centre County, PA, Media, PA

Regional Headlines

• Regional economy shows improvement

  16 hrs ago | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

  Despite weaknesses in parts of the housing and retail sectors, the economy in the Federal Reserve's Fourth District, which includes Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Kentucky and West Virginia, improved ...

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• Economic Watchdog, July 21

  Monday Jul 21 | via Optionetics 

  The economy might take a backseat to earnings news this week, but there still are several reports that could impact trading.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Pennsylvania, Financial Markets, Home Selling, Housing

• Dundee Homeowners Choose To Auction House

  Sunday Jul 20 | via KETV 

  Some Omaha homeowners are waiting months to sell their homes, but a family in Dundee intends to sell their in an instant.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Pennsylvania, Home Listing, Home

• State Capitol Roundup for July 18

  Friday Jul 18 | via Tony Phyrillas 

  I thought the Legislature was on its 2-month summer vacation, but it appears some lawmakers are still in Harrisburg.

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  Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Home, Mortgage

• Wachovia's Brokerage Inspected by State Regulators in Auction-Rate Probe

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Bloomberg 

  Wachovia Corp. 's securities division was inspected by a team of regulators from more than five states who delivered subpoenas today as part of a probe into the company's sales of auction-rate bonds.

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National Headlines

• Existing home sales fall 2.6% in June

  4 min ago | via Butler Eagle 

  Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades.

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

• Report: Foreclosure sales up in Maricopa County

  5 min ago | via KTAR / Local / Stories 

  A new report shows that more than 40 percent of Maricopa County home sales in June were foreclosures.

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• Fauquier Foreclosure Sales

  5 min ago | via Times Community Newspapers - Fauquier County 

  I let you all know, not long ago that the Fauquier numbers for June looked pretty good.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• ASB follows Bollard's lead, cuts fixed rate - Cullen approves

  5 min ago | via NZ Herald 

  ASB has moved quickly to cut its two year fixed home lending rate, after Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard cut the Official Cash Rate to 8 per cent from 8.25 per cent.

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• Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall

  6 min ago | via NY Daily News 

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

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