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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

• Polk Existing Home Sales Sag During June

  19 hrs ago | via The Ledger 

  Published: Friday, July 25, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 25, 2008 at 6:02 p.m. LAKELAND Polk County's existing home sales market saw an annual decline of 14.4 percent last month while median ...

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  Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Home, Home Selling, Lakeland Metro, Lakeland, FL, Housing, Real Estate

• Polk Housing Slump Keeps On With Low June Permits

  Friday Jul 18 | via The Ledger 

  Area builders are keeping a low profile as the housing slump drags on. A total 217 single-family home permits were pulled last month in Polk County, falling from 321 the year before and 265 in May, according to ...

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  Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Housing, Lakeland, FL, Winter Haven, FL, Davenport, FL

• Unable to Make Mortgage Payments, Many Give Up

  Sunday Jul 13 | via The Ledger 

  Published: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 7:40 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 8:17 a.m. NEED HELP? Florida Legal Services and the Florida Bar Association have established a hotline to provide free legal ...

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  Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Auburndale, FL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Lakeland, FL, Lakeland College

• Century 21 Realty Offices Merge

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via The Ledger 

  Published: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 6:21 a.m. Andy Hernandez, president of Century 21 A.H. Realty, at his office in Lakeland, Fla.

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  Related Topix: Lakeland, FL, Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL, Polk County, FL, Housing

• Polk Home Sales Dive In May

  Friday Jun 27 | via The Ledger 

  Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 8:31 a.m. LAKELAND May home sales were down 20 percent on the year but managed a slight uptick from April's performance.

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  Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Lakeland Metro, Lakeland, FL, Bartow, FL, Housing, Real Estate

Regional Headlines

• House Swaping

  16 hrs ago | via WSVN-TV Miami Beach 

  In the movie the Holiday, two women on opposite sides of the globe meet online and end up swapping homes for vacation.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Real Estate

• Housing woes still stinging banks

  14 hrs ago | via Palm Beach Post 

  The troubled Florida real estate market is continuing to cause major losses for in-state and out-of-state banks, earnings reports showed this week.

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  Related Topix: Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, Banking, Financial Services, Real Estate, Housing, Florida

• Fitch Rates Florida Forever $156.7MM Rev Bonds 'A+'

  19 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  Fitch has also affirmed the 'A+' rating of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's approximately $2.5 billion outstanding Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever bonds, $200 million of outstanding ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Foreclosures, Florida, Florida Government, Mortgage

• Stats show mortgage delinquencies still rising in S. Florida

  21 hrs ago | via McClatchy DC 

  The number of South Florida homeowners behind on their mortgages nearly doubled in June compared to a year ago, as home prices continued a precipitous decline and interest rates this week reached their highest ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage, Housing

• Florida fourth in foreclosure rate

  Yesterday | via Jacksonville Business Journal 

  Florida again had the fourth highest foreclosure rate in the second quarter and the second highest total of any state, according to data released by RealtyTrac Inc.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Jacksonville Metro, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

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

• U.s. Congress Passes...

  11 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

  11 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

  12 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

  12 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