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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

• Leach proves prophetic about mortgage crisis

  Yesterday | via Des Moines Register 

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

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

• 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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  Related Topix: Iowa, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Guest column: Free-market focus of GOP slows response to credit crisis

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Des Moines Register 

  Iowa native son Herbert Hoover was, by all accounts, a caring and compassionate individual.

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• For Fannie and Freddie, a Feathered Nest

  Monday Jul 14 | via Air America Radio 

  International Herald Tribune By Julie Creswell As the administration of President George W. Bush scrambles to address the sudden decline of the two largest mortgage finance companies in the United States, some ...

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National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  3 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?

  4 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

  4 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

  6 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

  7 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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