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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

• Realtors Join Educational Campaign to Show Potential Exists in Market

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Cape May County Herald 

  ' In concert with the New Jersey Association of REALTORS' "Get the REAL Story" public education campaign, the Cape May County Association of REALTORS in a June 26 release, urged consumers to read beyond the ...

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• Facing Foreclosure: One Woman's Story

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Cape May County Herald 

  ' Judy Kruk is packing up her things. On the floor is the usual chaos that materializes when one is getting ready to move: boxes, paintings, some of which she's created herself, clothes sorted in piles, all the ...

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• More Properties Going to Sheriff's Sale Here

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Cape May County Herald 

  ' Sheriff's sales of properties being foreclosed on in Cape May County in the first quarter of 2008 are close to triple those from the same time period in 2007, according to Sheriff's Office estimates, and of ...

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• Menendez Addresses Chamber on Oil, Housing, Economy

  Jun 10, 2008 | via Cape May County Herald 

  ' - ' U.S. Senator Robert Menendez Monday addressed the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce to talk about the country's struggling economy and ways to improve it.

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• Real estate crunch / One bright side

  May 30, 2008 | via Press of Atlantic City 

  The housing slump, the foreclosure crisis and the resulting economic tailspin have caused pain nationwide.

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Regional Headlines

• Congressional Help for Housing Market has NJ Pols Breathing Sigh of Relief

  9 hrs ago | via WNYC-AM New York 

  NEW YORK, NY July 24, 2008 - As congress moves towards passing a far-reaching package to help the faltering housing market, local New Jersey officials are breathing a sigh of relief.

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• A roof overhead

  10 hrs ago | via The Times 

  "Hello. My name is New Jersey and I'm in a re cession." It's said that admitting a problem is the first step toward solving it, so there must be some comfort in the Rutgers University economic forecast is sued ...

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• Developers win, taxpayers lose in affordable housing bill

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Hillsborough Beacon 

  It will be a classic photo op. Seated at a table in Mount Laurel today , ready to sign the most far-reaching legislation in the history of New Jersey housing policy, Gov.

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• DCA Awards $52M in Housing Funds

  Thursday Jul 17 | via GlobeSt.com 

  The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded a total of $52.3 million in affordable housing funds to support development of that product across the state.

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• Experts forecast a recession

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Asbury Park Press Online 

  New Jersey's economy, struggling with soaring energy costs and a faltering housing market, is headed for a mild recession that will last until 2010, Rutgers University researchers said Wednesday.

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National Headlines

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  3 min ago | via KTVN Reno 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  3 min ago | via KCCI 

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

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• Housing bill clears hurdle, vote seen Saturday

  3 min ago | via Reuters 

  The U.S. Senate voted on Friday to limit debate on a bill aimed at shoring up both the housing market and mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, paving the way for a final vote expected on ...

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• Supervisors will make decision on SPARC funds

  4 min ago | via Southwest Times 

  The Pulaski County Board of Supervisors will decide Monday night whether to accept an agreement for $1 million in funding to cover another year of low-interest loans for first-time home buyers.

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• Durables orders, Freddie Mac provide firm view

  5 min ago | via Reuters 

  New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose unexpectedly in June on a surge in defense orders, while a gauge of business investment was also higher than forecast in signs of economic resilience, a ...

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