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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

• Mosquito reports soar after article

  30 min ago | via The Signal 

  Canyon Country residents Thursday reported a surge in both the number of "green pools" and of mosquitoes following initial reports of countywide efforts to stop the spread of West Nile virus.

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  Related Topix: Canyon Country, CA, Los Angeles County, CA, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Real Estate

• House Hunt: For Some, Now May Be the Right Time

  17 hrs ago | via Hispanic Business 

  Hispanics are expected to drive the first-time homebuyer market in the coming decade.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Mortgage, Real Estate, Los Angeles County, CA

• Home foreclosures hit record high

  19 hrs ago | via LA Daily News 

  Home foreclosures across the San Fernando Valley hit another record high during the year's second quarter as the housing crisis intensified, a research center said today. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Glendale, CA, Calabasas, CA, Northridge, CA, Education, Housing, Los Angeles County, CA

• Spelling's widow buys condo for $47 million

  Yesterday | via Pleasant Hill Record 

  The top two floors of a residential tower still under construction have been sold for a record $47 million to Candy Spelling, the widow of TV mogul Aaron Spelling.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Los Angeles County, CA, Beverly Hills, CA, Home Listing, Home

• Jonas Brothers buy house in Dallas-Fort Worth area

  Yesterday | via WIBW-TV Topeka 

  The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb - and some young neighbors sound thrilled.

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  Related Topix: Tarrant County, TX, Jonas Brothers, Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Entertainment

Regional Headlines

• Merced Sun-Star: Governor takes bold action

  5 hrs ago | via Los Banos Enterprise 

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appears to have taken a bold step in finding a solution to one segment of the state's housing crisis.

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  Related Topix: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, California, California Government, Home, Mortgage

• Home sales in June plunge 2.6%, a 10-year low, but West sees rise /...

  7 hrs ago | via SFGate 

  With an already huge glut of homes on the market, median prices fell compared with a year ago and analysts predicted prices would keep falling until next spring as tighter credit, a slipping job market and ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, California

• Foreclosure Effect on Renters

  Monday Jul 14 | via Voice of San Diego 

  I've been meaning to post this stat for a while. One-quarter of all foreclosed single-family homes in the state are occupied by renters, the California Apartment Association estimates.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, California Government, California

• Report: Grand jury investigating subprime lenders

  18 hrs ago | via The Record 

  A federal grand jury reportedly is investigating the nation's largest subprime mortgage lenders, Countrywide Financial Corp., New Century Financial Corp.

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Countrywide Financial, Home, Mortgage, California

• Don't Let Them Slash Your Credit-Card Limits

  21 hrs ago | via WTVF Nashville 

  As big banks such as Wachovia, Citigroup and Bank of America continue to post multimillion-dollar writedowns to cover mortgage loan losses and other bad investments, credit-card holders are increasingly getting ...

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

National Headlines

• San Diego attorney goes to court to stop foreclosures

  4 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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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

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

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

• Market Watch

  5 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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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Home, Housing, Home Selling, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Markets

• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  7 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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  Related Topix: Foreclosures

• 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