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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

• Nobody Home

  May 2, 2008 | via Jamaica Plain Gazette 

  The number of abandoned buildings in Jamaica Plain remained about the same between 2006 and 2007, while the citywide count dropped significantly, according to the city's 11th annual abandoned properties report.

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  Related Topix: Jamaica-Plain, MA, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Down payment aid programs scrutinized

  Sunday Jul 6 | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  Local housing experts say down payment assistance programs aren't the best way to purchase a home and build equity, but they recognize their importance in Mississippi because of residents' low median income.

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  Related Topix: Mississippi, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Home Buying

• Miss. Realtors Required To Disclose Meth Lab Houses

  Saturday Jul 5 | via WAPT.com 

  Mississippi home buyers will soon be able to find out if the house they want to purchase was used as a meth lab.

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• Miss., La. To Use Mortgage Licensing System

  Friday Jun 27 | via WAPT 

  Mississippi and Louisiana are among the six states that will start using the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System next Tuesday.

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• Home sales plummet despite lower prices

  Thursday Jun 26 | via The Mississippi Press 

  From January to May, Jackson County homes sold for an average of 20 percent less compared to that same time period last year, local Realtors and Multiple Listing Service data say.

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  Related Topix: Mississippi, Foreclosures, Latimer, MS, Hurley, MS, Big Point, MS, Wade, MS

• Miss. mortgage bust unlikely

  Thursday Jun 26 | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  Mississippi likely will dodge a mortgage bust because it did not benefit from the housing boom of places such as Florida and California, Federal Reserve Bank representatives said.

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  Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Housing, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Mississippi Government, Mississippi

National Headlines

• Paulson warns of tough months

  6 min ago | via CNN 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

• Paulson: Banking system sound, deposits protected

  8 min ago | via WAVE-TV Louisville 

  The treasury secretary says the list of troubled banks will grow longer as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages.

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• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  15 min ago | via West Linn Tidings 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  18 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  18 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance