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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

• Business Briefs, June 8, 2008

  Jun 4, 2008 | via Alton Telegraph 

  National Bank recently announced that Gary Hoggatt Jr., AVP branch manager and mortgage loan officer, was recognized as the April 2008 Ambassador of the Month by the River Bend Growth Association at its May ...

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• Alton attorney accidentally sues himself

  Jun 7, 2008 | via Freerepublic.com 

  Alton attorney Emert Wyss thought he could make money in a Madison County class action lawsuit, but he accidentally sued himself instead.

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• Home sales down in central Illinois

  May 23, 2008 | via State Journal-Register 

  Springfield-area home sales continued to fall in April - down 18.8 percent compared to April 2007 - and even the median sale price was down slightly, the Capital Area Association of Realtors reported today.

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• Ask the experts: What can we learn from the subprime mortgage mess?

  May 13, 2008 | via Alton Telegraph 

  The collapse of the subprime mortgage market and the jitters it's sending through the entire economy contain lessons for us all.

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• Community unites in Day of Prayer

  May 1, 2008 | via Alton Telegraph 

  Worshippers of God, no matter their denomination, came together in Downtown Alton Thursday as one voice praising their creator during the city's 57th annual observation of the National Day of Prayer.

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Regional Headlines

• Obama to NYT: - A Week of Great Press' but - We Don't BUY Our Own Hype'

  9 min ago | via TheBlueSheet 

  In an interview with the New York Times' excellent Jeff Zeleny , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he's not "measuring the drapes" for the Oval Office, and that "we don't buy our own hype." He discussed the risks ...

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• Blago Calls On Bush To Sign Housing Package

  1 hr ago | via Cbs2chicago.com 

  Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to quickly sign the Housing and Economic Stimulus Package which will provide more than $500 million in federal aid to support tax ...

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• Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June

  7 hrs ago | via Courier News 

  Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.

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• Nevada Leads Foreclosure Tally in 2Q

  20 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice during the second quarter, an increase of 121 percent compared with the same quarter in 2007, according to RealtyTrac, which monitors foreclosure ...

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• Roskam votes against blank check for Bush Administration

  23 hrs ago | via Illinoisreview 

  Roskam broke ranks with the Bush Administration yesterday on the mortgage bill, citing lack of oversight and resulting increased federal spending as his main complaints.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US News, Illinois, Illinois Government

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 min ago | via WLS 

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

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• Aid for returning veterans in housing rescue bill

  1 min ago | via Star Tribune 

  The housing rescue bill Congress passed Saturday includes a provision by Sen. Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.

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• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  2 min ago | via Mix 104.5 KKMY-FM 

  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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• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  3 min ago | via Newsday.com 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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• House Plants Joys and Benefits for the Indoor Gardener

  5 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  When you walk into a house that is filled with plants, you immediately feel at home.

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