Castle Hills Real Estate

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

Local Headlines

• S.A. hottest hoods

  Friday Jul 11 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  In real estate, all cities have certain hot neighborhoods. These are the communities where homes sell faster and for more money.

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  Related Topix: Castle Hills, TX, Anton, TX, Housing, Alamo Heights, TX, Real Estate

• Castle Hills became its own city in 1951

  Friday Jul 4 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Castle Hills became its own city in 1951, in part to help protect itself from the rapid northward expansion of San Antonio.

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  Related Topix: Housing, San Antonio Metro, Real Estate, Castle Hills, TX, San Antonio, TX

• Lease to own

  Jun 13, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Many consumers dream of buying homes but are stumped by the financial requirements.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, San Antonio Metro, San Antonio, TX, Mortgage

• Bexar County foreclosure filings slide below 900

  Jun 12, 2008 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Bexar County foreclosure filings dipped below 900 for the first time in five months, continuing a general trend of declines.

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  Related Topix: Bexar County, TX, Foreclosures, San Antonio Metro, San Antonio, TX

• Nonprofit Group Helping Troubled Homeowners

  May 21, 2008 | via KSAT-TV San Antonio 

  In two weeks, 949 Bexar County homes will go on the auction block because of foreclosures.

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  Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, Bexar County, TX, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  6 hrs ago | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  7 hrs ago | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  16 hrs ago | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

• State housing agency salutes year's top lenders for first time homebuyer programs

  19 hrs ago | via KRGV-TV Weslaco 

  Acknowledging that its goal of increasing homeownership rates among low to moderate income Texans depends on strong partnerships with local lenders, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs today ...

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  Related Topix: Houston Metro, Houston Metro, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Dallas-Fort Worth preowned home sales fall 15% in 2008

  Yesterday | via Quick 

  Early hopes for a spring rebound in Dallas-area home sales didn't pan out. All but a few area residential districts experienced fewer home purchases in the first half of this year, according to the latest ...

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Texas, Lancaster, TX, Mesquite, TX, Dallas Metro, Housing

National Headlines

• Faith, trust in God is good for community

  6 min ago | via The Leaf Chronicle 

  I'm responding to the article dated June 29, 2008, "Local industry a big deal to Little." First of all, I would like to say in the rise of the real estate market there was one good thing I found when moving to ...

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Clarksville, TN, Opinion

• Letter: Council decisions

  3 hrs ago | via Atwater Signal 

  Editor: After reading Stuart Rawling's letter of July 11, I would also like to add some of my additional concerns regarding the City Council and its decisions.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Welcoming foreclosure

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

• Freddie Mac readies its stock plan

  8 min ago | via The Herald 

  Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage-finance giant, on Friday took a major step with the Securities and Exchange Commission toward selling billions of dollars of stock.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission

• Seven Days, Seven Projects for a Kitchen that Sells

  27 min ago | via Tideland News 

  In today's market, selling a home involves much more than posting a "for-sale" sign in the yard.

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  Related Topix: Home Selling, Home, Construction