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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

• Jessica Lange's Stillwater estate back on market - for $1.95 million

  Thursday | via Twincities.com 

  Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard's estate on Stillwater's North Hill is back on the market - once again. 25 comments

  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

• Fearing foreclosure? They want to help; New Washington County program ...

  Jun 3, 2008 | via Stillwater Gazette 

  A month ago, Heather and Don Marx were afraid they would lose their Forest Lake home.

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  Related Topix: Forest Lake, MN, Washington County, MN, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home Listing, Foreclosures

• Broker admits indiscretions at teen party

  May 14, 2008 | via St. Paul Pioneer Press 

  A prominent Stillwater mortgage broker reluctantly admitted Tuesday that he sexually touched two of his teenage daughter's friends and provided alcohol to other teens who partied at his Bayport house. 36 comments

  Related Topix: Bayport, MN, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Stillwater, MN, Washington County, MN

• Distressed properties, new opportunities

  Feb 13, 2008 | via Finance and Commerce 

  Neighborhood Development Partners - formerly known as The Beard Group - acquired Inspiration, a Bayport residential development, out of foreclosure last week.

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  Related Topix: Washington County, MN, Bayport, MN, Foreclosures

Regional Headlines

• Trendsetters

  Thursday | via Minnesota Monthly 

  Our semi-annual profile of the region's leading companies and their key executives.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Eden Prairie, MN, Real Estate, Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

• Homeless advocates get promise

  Tuesday Jul 22 | via Southside Pride 

  Demonstrators on the sidewalk outside the HUD office in downtown Minneapolis. A protest of government policies that concern, among other things, how the homeless population in America is calculated, has ...

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  Related Topix: Minnesota, Evergreen State College, Home, Mortgage

• Higher gas bills may push more into foreclosure

  Monday Jul 21 | via KAAL-TV Austin 

  Behind on Your Bill? A spike in home-heating costs this winter may be high enough to put some out in the cold.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Minnesota, Home, Mortgage

• Internet Insite: Cheap, last-minute Minn. getaways

  Monday Jul 14 | via KAAL 

  Do you have an interesting Web site you'd like to see featured on Internet InSITE? Email Web Manager Justin Piehowski, jpiehowski@kstp.com . Watch INTERNET InSITE each Monday at 6:30 on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Lutsen, MN, Minnesota, Grand Marais, MN

• DNR must stop stalling;new study confirms MCEA shorelands concerns

  Friday Jul 11 | via Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy 

  July 11, 2008 DNR must stop stalling;new study confirms MCEA shorelands concerns After a year and a half study led by the University of Minnesota, planners have concluded Minnesota needs to better protect its ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Minnesota Government, Minnesota

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  8 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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• U.s. Congress Passes...

  9 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

  U.S. Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  9 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  9 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  9 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home