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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

• NAMAR Stays on Top of Legislative Issues

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Atlanta Real Estate Forum.com 

  The Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of REALTORS had a great turn out for the Election Forum held on June 30, 2008.

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  Related Topix: Atlanta Metro, Real Estate, Gwinnett County, GA, Immigration Reform

• Unequal spending likely for Beltline

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  A $120 million Beltline bond issue planned for September was envisioned to be spent across the 22-mile loop to buy land for new parks, build affordable housing, upgrade streets and sidewalks and fund other ...

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  Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Home, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro

• Plenty of OT if you evict

  Thursday Jul 3 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  A couple of knocks at the door. A pair of officers identified. And a voice that says: "We're here to evict you." It's becoming a more common greeting these days, given the ongoing foreclosure crisis and ...

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  Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Foreclosures

• Flood of home evictions overwhelms sheriffs

  Monday Jun 30 | via The Jersey Journal 

  On June 19, sheriff's deputies Mark LaBoy and Joe Buico stood inside the living room of a Gwinnett County house after evicting its former owner at gunpoint.

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  Related Topix: Lilburn, GA, Cobb County, GA, Atlanta, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Home, Mortgage

• opinions

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Jackson Herald 

  Evaluating local high schools depends on what your priorities are What is the best high school in the Jefferson area? That explosive question is one that citizens have debated for decades.

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  Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Real Estate, Marketing, Jefferson, GA, Standardized Testing, Education, Opinion

Regional Headlines

• Lesbian candidate advances to Georgia House runoff

  Friday | via Southern Voice 

  Keisha Waites made it to an Aug. 5 runoff after taking second in a crowded field for House District 61 while Kevin Clark lost his bid for state Senate District 2. Keisha Waites is one step closer to making ...

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  Related Topix: East Point, GA, Mortgage, Atlanta Metro, Georgia

• A Texas warning for Georgia banks

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

  Several Georgia banks dominate a recent ranking of the nation's riskiest financial institutions based on a measure known as the "Texas ratio," which attempts to gauge how likely they will run into deep ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Alpharetta, GA, Georgia

• Superior Court Clerk Candidates Q&A

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Rome News - Tribune 

  I am a Floyd County native and I began my public service career in 1975 as a deputy sheriff with the Floyd County Sheriffs Department.

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  Related Topix: York (Pennsylvania State University System), Commerce (Texas A&M University System), Texas A&M University System, Georgia, Real Estate

• Tourism groups get grants for projects

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Augusta Chronicle 

  The Augusta Canal Authority was among 11 tourism organizations named Thursday to share $90,000 in grants from the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

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• New Prudential Realty Office Open in Roswell

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Atlanta Real Estate Forum.com 

  Prudential Georgia Realty, which is consistently named one of the 10 most productive affiliates in the 2,100-office Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Roswell, GA, Georgia, Cobb County, GA, Atlanta, GA

National Headlines

• Obama on Afghanistan...Paulson on banks...Storm update...

  12 hrs ago | via KXMB-TV Bismarck 

  Obama on Afghanistan...Paulson on banks...Storm update KABUL, Afghanistan Barack Obama says the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida. Among other things, the ...

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  Related Topix: World News, Kabol, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Asia, Home, Mortgage, Weather, Junction City, CA

• Brown pledges aid to Palestinians, calls for settlement freeze

  14 min ago | via The Daily Star 

  OCCUPIED BETHLEHEM: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday pledged new aid to the Palestinians and called for a freeze on Israeli settlement building to bolster the Middle East peace process.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Israel

• Words from the

  19 min ago | via Safehaven 

  "The end is neigh" was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac's demise was a harbinger of many more ...

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  Related Topix: Freddie Mac, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Treasury Chief Sees 'Months' of Hard Times

  23 min ago | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 2 comments 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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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• US Treasury Secretary: Economic Fundamentals are Sound

  25 min ago | via Voice of America 

  The Bush administration says the U.S. economy will continue to experience slow growth in the months ahead, but is fundamentally sound.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Washington, DC, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance