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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

• Stories

  Saturday Jul 12 | via WQAD 

  New customers flood local markets after salmonella outbreak Updated: More than ninety people in Illinois have become sick with a rare type of salmonella that's sprading across the country.

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  Related Topix: North City, IL, Moline, IL, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Flooding closes recreation areas along Mississippi River

  Jun 9, 2008 | via Quad-City Times 

  Flooding along the Mississippi River has forced some recreation areas along the river to be closed, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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  Related Topix: US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Thomson, IL, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• 8 on Your Side

  Jun 8, 2008 | via WQAD 

  Parterned with Call For Action, a national non-profit group dedicated to helping consumers, 8 On Your Side helps you, the consumer, stay informed about scams, fraud, and product recalls, every Tuesday night at ...

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• Tearing Down a House: When to Start Over

  Apr 14, 2008 | via TheStreet.com 

  First When does it make sense just to tear down an old house? Say you're driving around, looking at open houses in an upscale neighborhood that you'd badly like to buy into.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Clinton, IA, Real Estate, Business News

• Kiger sent to state training school

  Feb 7, 2008 | via Bettendorf News 

  A Clinton County teen was sentenced Thursday to remain at the Iowa State Training School in Eldora until he is 18 for causing the death of a 13-month-old girl at her Delmar home.

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  Related Topix: Clinton County, IA, Delmar, IA, Personal Finance, Mortgage

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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National Headlines

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via WSJV-TV South Bend 

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

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• Two more U.S. banks fail

  4 min ago | via John Dvorak 

  Federal regulators have closed two small Western banks, bringing to seven the number of U.S. banks that have failed this year.

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Financial Services, Foreclosures, Housing, Home, Mortgage

• Housing Stimulus Package to Stabilize Neighborhoods, Attract New Capital to Communities: LISC

  4 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

  The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 will help stabilize disinvested neighborhoods, offer relief to families stung by the foreclosure crisis and attract new capital to affordable housing developments ...

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• Apartment Industry Commends Congress For Learning From Past Mistakes...

  5 min ago | via The South Mississippi Sun Herald 

  The National Multi Housing Council /National Apartment Association joint legislative program issued the following statement by NMHC/NAA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Jim Arbury concerning the ...

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• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  5 min ago | via The Oregonian 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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