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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

• Chelan PUD to cut back on Fannie, Freddie investments

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Wenatchee World 

  WENATCHEE — More than 44 percent of the Chelan County PUD's total investment portfolio is comprised of bonds issued by beleaguered federal home loan underwriters Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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  Related Topix: Wenatchee, WA, Chelan, WA, Chelan County, WA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Markets

• Former Chelan County treasurer Allan Martin seeks state post

  Jun 6, 2008 | via Wenatchee World 

  WENATCHEE —A former Chelan County treasurer filed his candidacy for state treasurer Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Wenatchee, WA, Chelan County, WA, US News, Cashmere, WA, Home, Mortgage

• Chelan property assessments skyrocket

  Jun 4, 2008 | via Wenatchee World 

  CHELAN — Gasoline and food costs just moved down a few lines on the list of financial worries for Chelan-area property owners, who received property tax assessments in the mail last week.

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  Related Topix: Chelan County, WA, Real Estate, Leavenworth, WA, Home Listing, Home, Chelan, WA

• 4. Housing group gets $250,000 from city

  May 15, 2008 | via Wenatchee World 

  WENATCHEE — The city will contribute $250,000 Thursday to a grassroots organization formed last year to create affordable housing for low-income families.

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• Time nearly up for trailer park residents

  May 8, 2008 | via Wenatchee World 

  WENATCHEE — On June 1 the neighborhood that for decades has been known as the Ninth Street Trailer Park will no longer exist.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Chelan County, WA, Wenatchee, WA

Regional Headlines

• Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tri-cityherald.com 

  President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Washington, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

• Top Story: Plame Games Continue: Bush Claims Executive Privilege On CIA Leak

  Thursday Jul 17 | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 47 comments President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15,... President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Fannie Mae, Washington, George Bush, US News, State of the Union

• Law skewed in favor of builders

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

  For the past two years, I've offered a bill in the state Senate that attempts to level the playing field between home buyers and builders.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Thurston County, WA, Olympia Metro, Olympia, WA, Washington, Opinion

• Washington's population is growing, but slower than before

  Friday Jul 4 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but that growth appears to be slowing because of faltering economies across the nation, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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• Population grows, pace slowing

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Seattle Times 

  The state's population continues to grow, but appears to be slowing down because of a faltering economy, according to the state's Office of Financial Management.

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National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  2 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?

  2 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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• One year of the global financial crisis

  3 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  5 min ago | via Portland Tribune 

  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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• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  6 min ago | via The Post-Star 

  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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