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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

• ZipForm Available to Lenawee County Association of REALTORS

  May 8, 2008 | via PrimeNewswire 

  RE FormsNet today announced that members of the Lenawee County Association of REALTORS will now be able to purchase ZipForm , the real estate industry's leading brand of real estate forms software.

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  Related Topix: Computers, Lenawee County, MI, Real Estate

• Ohio and Michigan already in a recession

  Apr 5, 2008 | via Toledo Blade 

  Economists cite job cuts, restructured auto industry By GARY T. PAKULSKI and LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE Blade Business Writers Economists now generally agree that the United States has likely slipped into a ...

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  Related Topix: Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Metro, Cleveland Metro, Housing

• Cuts Like a Knife

  Feb 16, 2008 | via Flack & Proud 

  Every now and then I'll try to think about what makes the Midwest unique. Is it the awful weather? Is it the numerous foreclosures in the crummy real estate market? Is it the crazies who live there? I'm going ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Adrian, MI

• Boomers drive sales of timber-framed dwellings, making it a downturn-resistant niche

  Feb 11, 2008 | via Toledo Blade 

  The heavy support beams lend drama to the cathedral ceiling in the timber-framed addition to Robert and Ann Sternquist's home in Adrian.

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  Related Topix: Lenawee County, MI, Adrian, MI, Home, Mortgage, Home Listing, Blissfield, MI

• Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in the US

  Jan 21, 2008 | via VenturaCountyStar 

  The New York Times Last May, a Saudi Arabian conglomerate bought a Massachusetts plastics maker.

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  Related Topix: Adrian, MI, World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed

  4 hrs ago | via MSN Money 

  Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Black and Decker, Appliances, Household Products, Housing, Legg Mason, Financial Services, Investment Services, Coventry Health Care

• Existing home sales fall 2.6% in June

  14 hrs ago | via Detroit Free Press 

  Home sales continued to decline nationwide in June and inventories rose, the National Association of Realtors reported this morning.

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

• West Michigan home sellers try different tactics to lure buyers

  Yesterday | via Ann Arbor News 

  Redstone Group Sales Consultant Jennifer Krzykwa, center, talks with Ellen and Richard Erdmann, of Grandville, on Wednesday at a wine and art open house at Aberdeen Ridge Condominiums.

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  Related Topix: Grandville, MI, Home Building, Home, Ada, MI, Housing, Michigan, Ottawa County, MI

• Suite Talk July 24, 2008

  Yesterday | via Washington Examiner 

  Jonathan L. Kempner, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, is stepping down at the end of the year.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Mortgage, Personal Finance, George Washington University

• Business news briefs

  Yesterday | via Clinton County News 

  Independent Bank Corp. swung to a profit during the second quarter. The bank, which has a regional office in East Lansing, reported Wednesday it earned $3.35 million, or 15 cents per share, for the three-month ...

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Independent Bank, Home, Mortgage, Michigan

National Headlines

• Existing Home Sales Drop Again

  12 min ago | via On Wall Street 

  June proved to be a pretty hot month, but not in the housing market. The latest figure from the National Association of Realtors shows that existing home sales in June fell, as did the median price of a home.

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

• Stock market outlook mixed

  12 min ago | via The Toronto Star 

  Overseas stock markets were gloomy but Wall Street index futures pointed to a modest recovery Friday from the previous session's sharp losses.

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  Related Topix: Housing, New Brunswick, Canada, Canada, Woodstock Area, NB, Juniper, NB, York (Toronto, ON), Ontario, Toronto, ON

• John Edwards in town

  13 min ago | via Off the Kuff 

  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards was in town this week to promote his anti-poverty agenda.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election

• U.S. 2Q foreclosure filings more than double 8:28 Am CT

  13 min ago | via Denton Record-Chronicle 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Housing, Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro

• Federal Bill Will Provide Incentive To 2nd Lienholders To Allow Refinance

  13 min ago | via The Real Estate Bloggers 

  While I am still not thrilled with the 300 billion dollar housing bill working it's way through Congress, they did insert some logic into the process.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage