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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

• Regency bankruptcy hits Cedar Falls

  Jun 2, 2008 | via Hawk Eye 

  With storms gone, and the sun shining, Wednesday afternoon was a prime day for construction in Cedar Falls.

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  Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Cedar Falls, IA, Real Estate, Black Hawk County, IA

• More counties to be covered by federal disaster declaration

  May 30, 2008 | via Quad-City Times 

  DES MOINES, Iowa - Gov. Chet Culver says he's recieved notification that additional counties affected by Sunday's massive tornado will recieve federal aid.

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  Related Topix: Black Hawk County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Local economy improved in fourth quarter

  Feb 10, 2008 | via Waterloo Courier 

  Local economy improved in fourth quarter By PAT KINNEY Courier Business Editor WATERLOO --- The Black Hawk County economy was climbing back on track during the fourth quarter of 2007.

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  Related Topix: Black Hawk County, IA, Home, Mortgage, Financial Markets, Housing, Waterloo, IA

• Iowa business briefs: Stuck pedal leads to recall of 5,400 Deere tractors

  Jan 17, 2008 | via Des Moines Register 

  Deere & Co., the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment, voluntarily recalled about 5,400 compact utility tractors after the forward-drive pedal became stuck.

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  Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Industrial Machines, Deere , Product Recalls, Foreclosures, Black Hawk County, IA

Regional Headlines

• Congressional housing action could aid Iowans

  22 hrs ago | via Waterloo Courier 

  A housing bill being considered in Congress could lend a hand to Iowans struggling to make mortgage payments, Sen.

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Iowa

• Winnebago Withstands Tough Economic Road

  Monday Jul 21 | via RV Business 

  Each morning, Winnebago Industries Inc. Chairman Bob Olson reviews key company, motorhome industry and U.S. economic statistics with his top managers.

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

• Leach proves prophetic about mortgage crisis

  Saturday Jul 19 | 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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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Iowa, Foreclosures

• 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

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  9 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...

  10 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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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  11 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

  11 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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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home Listing, Home