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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

• Grand jury probes Kent's meals, home sale

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Galveston County Daily News 

  A federal grand jury investigating sexual misconduct claims against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent has widened its probe, issuing subpoenas for records of his meals with attorneys and the deal he made selling ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Galveston County, TX, Galveston, TX

• Brazoria County

  Saturday Jul 5 | via The Bulletin 

  Find Brazoria foreclosures from a large database of foreclosure listings in the country from ForeclosureFreeSearch.com. www.foreclosurefreesearch.com Galveston County Collection of more than 200,000 maps of ...

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• Texas Realtors Launch Campaign To Protest Rove's Upcoming Speech At Statewide Convention

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Think Progress 

  The Daily News of Galveston County, Texas reports that former top Bush aide Karl Rove is scheduled as the keynote speaker at the Texas Realtors Association's convention in San Antonio this September.

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• Local banks: Mortgage mess big boys' problem

  Mar 10, 2008 | via The Galveston County Daily News 

  Bank notes: Nationally, it's difficult to withdraw any good banking news. Some banks are tightening credit and raising fees as the mortgage market meltdown continues.

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  Related Topix: Galveston County, TX, Home, Mortgage, Galveston Metro, Texas City, TX, High-Island, TX, Texas

• Landry's buyout hinges on creditors

  Feb 24, 2008 | via KHOU-TV Houston 

  Tilman Fertitta picked a strange time to launch a $1 billion effort to take Landry's Restaurants Inc.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Alliance Data Systems, Computers, Restaurant Management, Landrys Restaurants

Regional Headlines

• Central Texas home sales decreasing due to hard economic times

  17 hrs ago | via KCEN 

  Updated: Jul 25, 2008 7:07pm New home sales have hit a nationwide low dropping 33-percent since last year and Central Texas is no exception to the trend.

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• Forbes names Austin area No. 2 city in nation for buying a new home

  23 hrs ago | via Hill Country News 

  Texas continues to shine like the lone star it is when it comes to building new homes.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Dallas Metro, Dallas Metro, Home, Mortgage, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

• Edwards Visits ACORN

  Yesterday | via Houtopia 

  Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend a very interesting roundtable discussion at ACORN's new digs in Midtown, an event headlined by former U.S. Senator, presidential, and vice presidential candidate John ...

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Incommons Bank Addresses Banking Concerns

  Thursday | via Mexia Daily News 

  Deposits are safe and continue to be FDIC insured Mexia, TX - In a recent press conference at the Capital, the Independent Banker's Association of Texas Chairman Cliff McCauley and President and CEO Chris ...

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• East Texas Housing Market Strong

  Wednesday | via KLTV Tyler 

  A bill to help thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure is closer to becoming law.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Home, Home Selling, Foreclosures, Texas, Mortgage

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  11 min ago | via RedOrbit 

  The U.S. Senate, meeting in a rare weekend session, was poised Saturday to pass a landmark housing bill meant to ease the effects of mortgage crisis.

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• U.s. Congress Passes...

  11 min ago | via 102.9 CKDS-FM 

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

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• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  11 min ago | via WLOS 

  The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at helping thousands of struggling homeowners fight off foreclosure.

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• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  12 min ago | via Z 106.7 Jackson 

  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

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  12 min ago | via Examiner.com 

  Jul 26, 2008 10:03 AM By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, AP Newly built homes are offered for sale at the Brookville & Heirloom development by Lennar, in Valencia, Calif.

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