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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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Regional Headlines

• Congressional housing action could aid Iowans

  42 min ago | via Sioux City Journal 

  A housing bill being considered in Congress could lend a hand to Iowans struggling to make mortgage payments, Sen.

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  Related Topix: US News, George Bush, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Iowa

• Winnebago Withstands Tough Economic Road

  Monday Jul 21 | via RV Business 

  Each morning, Winnebago Industries Inc. Chairman Bob Olson reviews key company, motorhome industry and U.S. economic statistics with his top managers.

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• Leach proves prophetic about mortgage crisis

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Des Moines Register 

  From his office at Harvard, Jim Leach walked me through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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• East-side residents fight mortgage crisis

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Http 

  Overgrown lawns, broken windows and tell-tale lock boxes are becoming more common sights in east Des Moines, where the number of vacated homes continues to increase as part of the nationwide mortgage crisis.

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• Mortgage lending and housing market changes in Iowa

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via KWWL-TV Waterloo 

  For buyers and sellers, national economic and housing trends still apply in Iowa, just on a smaller scale.

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National Headlines

• San Diego attorney goes to court to stop foreclosures

  1 min ago | via KTAR / Local / Stories 

  San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre wants to make his city a sanctuary city -- for homeowners in trouble.

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• The housing bailout isn't just for troubled homeowners.

  1 min ago | via AARP The Magazine 

  RON LIEBER If you are ignoring the housing bailout bill because you think it benefits only troubled homeowners, you may miss out on a windfall.

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• Market Watch

  2 min ago | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin 

  NEW YORK Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower yesterday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the ...

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• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  3 min ago | via WPTZ.com - Money 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago.

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• Stocks fall hard

  1 hr ago | via Seacoast Online 

  Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Home Selling, Home, Housing