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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

• More people, not enough jobs, housing prices through the roof, Marist economic report says

  Friday Jun 27 | via Mid-Hudson News 

  POUGHKEEPSIE While the population of the Hudson Valley continues to grow, there are not enough jobs in the region to go around.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Poughkeepsie, NY, Columbia County, NY, Greene County, NY

• From across the state

  Jun 17, 2008 | via Democrat & Chronicle 

  In East Greenbush, Stan Cipkowski, CEO of drug-test kit maker American Bio Medica, told shareholders today that the FDA's failure to grant a waiver so it could sell its kits in clinical settings and ...

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  Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Biotech, Medicine, American Bio Medica, Healthcare Industry, Kinderhook, NY, Columbia County, NY, Foreclosures

• Logjam hurts home market

  Jun 3, 2008 | via Daily Freeman 

  Columbia County has dodged the subprime mortgage debacle, but the county still faces another, persistent crisis: a serious shortage of affordable housing.

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  Related Topix: Chatham, NY, Hudson, NY, Columbia County, NY, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Evaluating real estate market can be difficult

  May 31, 2008 | via Times Union 

  Is the real estate market in Greene and Columbia counties stronger, weaker or the same as in the rest of the Capital Region? That isn't an easy question to answer.

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  Related Topix: New York, Catskill, NY, Greene County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Banking, Financial Services, Greene County Bancorp, Real Estate

• Veracity Payment Solutions Announces Strategic Alliance With Security Federal Bank

  Apr 30, 2008 | via Earth Times 

  Veracity Payment Solutions, a full-service electronic payments provider, announced today a strategic alliance with Security Federal Bank .

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Fitch Rates $100MM San Diego County (CA) Ser 2008B 'AA/F1+'

  19 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  The long-term 'AA' rating reflects the county's very low debt burden, sound financial operations, and very strong and effective financial and debt policies, as well as concern over the economic and financial ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Financial Markets, New York

• NYC jury convicts former Haitian paramilitary leader in scheme to cheat mortgage lenders

  20 hrs ago | via Newsday.com 

  A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel "Toto" Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• Irwin shares soar after loan sale

  Yesterday | via IBJ.COM 

  Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. shares rose 25 percent this morning, in the first trading session since the company announced late yesterday that it was scaling back its exposure to the battered mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: New York, Irwin Financial, Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• N.Y. jury convicts ex-Haitian strongman of fraud

  Yesterday | via Buffalo News 

  A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million.

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• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  Yesterday | via Lansing State Journal 

  NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via Athens Banner-Herald 

  Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.

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

• Congress passes relief for 400,000 strapped homeowners, help for troubled mortgage giants

  4 min ago | via KEZI 

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

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  4 min ago | via Q95.com 

  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

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  4 min ago | via WGIR-AM Manchester 

  The Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and setting up a $300 billion ...

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

• Herbert Lanson Norton

  4 min ago | via Telegram 

  Norton Info Get Info on Norton from 14 search engines in 1. www.info.com Save on the latest 2008 versions of Norton Software from Symantec including Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security and Norton 360 ...

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