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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

• House Swaping

  16 hrs ago | via WSVN-TV Miami Beach 

  In the movie the Holiday, two women on opposite sides of the globe meet online and end up swapping homes for vacation.

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• Housing woes still stinging banks

  14 hrs ago | via Palm Beach Post 

  The troubled Florida real estate market is continuing to cause major losses for in-state and out-of-state banks, earnings reports showed this week.

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  Related Topix: Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, Banking, Financial Services, Real Estate, Housing, Florida

• Fitch Rates Florida Forever $156.7MM Rev Bonds 'A+'

  19 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  Fitch has also affirmed the 'A+' rating of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's approximately $2.5 billion outstanding Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever bonds, $200 million of outstanding ...

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• Stats show mortgage delinquencies still rising in S. Florida

  21 hrs ago | via McClatchy DC 

  The number of South Florida homeowners behind on their mortgages nearly doubled in June compared to a year ago, as home prices continued a precipitous decline and interest rates this week reached their highest ...

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• Florida fourth in foreclosure rate

  Yesterday | via Jacksonville Business Journal 

  Florida again had the fourth highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter and the second highest total of any state, according to data released by RealtyTrac Inc.

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National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  2 min ago | via WLS 

  Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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

• Aid for returning veterans in housing rescue bill

  2 min ago | via Star Tribune 

  The housing rescue bill Congress passed Saturday includes a provision by Sen. Norm Coleman that would give returning veterans more time to work out mortgage problems upon their return.

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  Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Norm Coleman, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  2 min ago | via Mix 104.5 KKMY-FM 

  Federal regulators have closed two banks in the West, saying they were undercapitalized due to the poor performance of home mortgage loans.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Reno Metro, Reno, NV

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  3 min ago | via Newsday.com 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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

• House Plants Joys and Benefits for the Indoor Gardener

  5 min ago | via American Chronicle 

  When you walk into a house that is filled with plants, you immediately feel at home.

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