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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

• Prudential REALTOR awarded GRI designation - roanoke.com

  May 29, 2008 | via Roanoke Times 

  Prudential REALTOR awarded GRI designation Debbie Shelton, REALTOR with Prudential Waterfront Properties, received the Graduate of Real Estate Institute designation.

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• The Willard Companies purchases Southlake Towne Center at auction - roanoke.com

  Apr 24, 2008 | via Roanoke Times 

  The Willard Companies purchases Southlake Towne Center at auction Southlake Towne Center, a commercial site in Union Hall, was approved on Oct.

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• Realtor donates proceeds from Community Service Award - roanoke.com

  Dec 27, 2007 | via Roanoke Times 

  Jo-Ann Van Vechten, a REALTOR with the Long and Foster Westlake office, has donated $1,000 she received for being named the recipient of the Community Service Award from the Roanoke Valley Association of ...

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• This old house was even older - roanoke.com

  Dec 21, 2007 | via Roanoke Times 

  Will Holland had seen contractors come and go in his quest to restore the slave cabin that would also serve as the home for his 77-year-old mother, Willie Mae.

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Regional Headlines

• Editorial: GOP 'Pride in Doing Nothing'

  Wednesday | via Falls Church News-Press 

  As the City of Falls Church's representative to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority , City Council David Snyder delivered a scathing indictment against the House Republicans in Richmond who killed ...

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• Country Hit By Glut of Gloomy Economic News, Led By Inflation

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Air America Radio 

  Virginian - Pilot By MARTIN CRUTSINGER The Associated Press WASHINGTON The U.S. economic downturn gained steam Tuesday, with a report of the highest inflation since the early 1980s, more bad news for banks and ...

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• Fed Moves to Protect Homebuyers in Future

  Monday Jul 14 | via Air America Radio 

  Virginian - Pilot By JEANNINE AVERSA By Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press WASHINGTON Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve is ready to give homebuyers more protection from the types of shady ...

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• June 2008 Most Expensive Sales in Northern Virginia

  Sunday Jul 13 | via Virginia Real Estate News 

  All information was obtained through MRIS. JUNE'S MOST EXPENSIVE SALES Single Family Detached Homes: 1028 Towlston Road, McLean, VA 22102 -- Sold on June 26th for $5,800,000 . This 7 bedroom 7 full bath home ...

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• State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow

  Saturday Jul 12 | via Huntington News 

  July 12, 2008 State Office Helps Small Businesses Survive and Grow From The Governor's Desk A weekly column by Gov.

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National Headlines

• Economy needs stability before regulation

  3 min ago | via The Herald 

  Economy needs stability before regulation By David Ignatius WASHINGTON -- Henry Paulson was in shirt sleeves Thursday afternoon in his office at the Treasury Department, tie loose at the collar, feet propped up ...

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• Freddie Mac files with Us Sec, first step to capital

  5 min ago | via ABS-CBN News 

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Freddie Mac won approval from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage finance company may seek $10 billion.

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• Earnings Outlook: Bank of America heads parade firms aiming to show turnaround

  1 hr ago | via MarketWatch 

  Is it turnaround time for banks? Bank of America Corp. BAC , , ) tops the list of major U.S. financial firms reporting earnings next week, and investors will be looking to see if the nation's second-largest ...

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• Rental market not benefitting from mortgage turmoil in Valley

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Record numbers of Valley families may be losing their homes to foreclosure, but they apparently are not moving into vacant apartments.

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• Welcoming foreclosure

  6 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  Ralph Stover has good credit and a steady job. But he took out a risky interest-only first mortgage and a second mortgage to buy a new 1,900-square-foot condominium in 2003 with no money down.

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