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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

• On the rebound?

  Saturday Jul 5 | via San Marcos Daily Record 

  Construction of apartments in San Marcos has rebounded in 2008 after a two-year slump; though no duplexes have been built since 2002 and no townhomes since 2004.

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  Related Topix: Housing, San Marcos, TX

• Round Rock police say man posed as real estate agent

  Jun 6, 2008 | via Austin American Statesman 

  Timothy Alonzo Nero did everything he could to convince customers he was a legitimate real estate agent, Round Rock police say.

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  Related Topix: San Marcos, TX, Hays County, TX, Real Estate, Round Rock, TX, Home Listing, Home, Austin Metro

• River cleanup is Saturday

  Apr 9, 2008 | via San Marcos Daily Record 

  The public is invited to join the 27th Annual San Marcos River Clean Up on Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the City Park Recreation Hall/ Lions Club Tube Rental.

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• Foreclosures up again

  Mar 18, 2008 | via San Marcos Daily Record 

  It's not as bad as February's spike, but the number of Hays County properties scheduled for foreclosure in April is still up.

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  Related Topix: Hays County, TX, Bastrop, TX, Foreclosures, Hays, TX, San Marcos, TX

• New rental requirements being considered in San Marcos

  Jan 27, 2008 | via News 8 Austin 

  The city of San Marcos is considering new requirements for owners who lease property, and some say now the city's gone too far.

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  Related Topix: Home Renting, Home, San Marcos, TX, Hays County, TX

Regional Headlines

• Central Texas home sales decreasing due to hard economic times

  9 hrs ago | via KCEN 

  Updated: Jul 25, 2008 7:07pm New home sales have hit a nationwide low dropping 33-percent since last year and Central Texas is no exception to the trend.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Foreclosures

• Forbes names Austin area No. 2 city in nation for buying a new home

  14 hrs ago | via Hill Country News 

  Texas continues to shine like the lone star it is when it comes to building new homes.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Home, Mortgage, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

• Edwards Visits ACORN

  Yesterday | via Houtopia 

  Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a very interesting roundtable discussion at ACORN's new digs in Midtown, an event headlined by former U.S. Senator, presidential, and vice presidential candidate John ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  Thursday | 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

  Wednesday | 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

National Headlines

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

  9 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

  10 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

  11 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

  11 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

  12 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