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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

• Drop in June housing prices smallest in nearly a year

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via The Gazette 

  Area home prices dipped less than one-half of 1 percent in June, the smallest monthly decline in nearly a year.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO, Foreclosures, Colorado Springs, CO

• Food gardens a growing trend

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Denver Post 

  Zina Lutz manages a plot at Project Light Garden, located on the east side of York Street and less than a block from East Colfax Avenue.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Divide, CO, Colorado, Life, Food, Vegetables, Denver Metro

• Home prices sales fall again

  Jun 9, 2008 | via The Gazette 

  Single-family home prices and sales fell again last month in the Pikes Peak region, extending the downturn in the resale market.

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  Related Topix: El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO, Colorado Springs, CO, Housing, Real Estate

• - Have we seen the bottom yet?'

  May 7, 2008 | via The Gazette 

  Home prices and sales fell again last month in the Pikes Peak region, as economists try to determine if the local market has reached bottom.

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  Related Topix: Teller County, CO, Colorado Springs Metro, Colorado Springs, CO, Housing, Real Estate

• Risky markets put on blacklist

  Mar 20, 2008 | via The Gazette 

  Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow - even for those with good credit.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Teller County, CO, Housing

Regional Headlines

• GRIEGO: Mortgage crisis finally hits home

  Thursday | via Rocky Mountain News 

  GRIEGO: Mortgage crisis finally hits home By Tina Griego , Rocky Mountain News Thursday, July 24, 2008 The county assessor lists the house as 11/2 stories, three bedrooms, two baths, built in 1907 and purchased ...

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

• Foreclosures slam the door on some family pets

  Wednesday | via 9NEWS 

  VIEW SLIDESHOW DENVER - As families continue to lose their homes to foreclosure in Colorado, family pets are also suffering the consequences of these tough times.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Denver Metro, Colorado, Denver Metro

• Hard sale for resorts

  Monday Jul 21 | via Denver Post 

  They started small. A one-bedroom condo in East Vail. That quickly doubled in value, so Ted and Connie Fullhart stepped up to a duplex in the tony Singletree community in Edwards.

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  Related Topix: Edwards, CO, Telluride, CO, Breckenridge, CO, Real Estate, Colorado, University of Colorado System

• Officials mull aid to help people pay their utility bills

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Rocky Mountain News 

  Cherise Smith, with daughter, Desiree, 8, by her side, is facing a power shut-off. Gov.

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  Related Topix: University of Colorado System, Foreclosures, Colorado, Colorado Government, Xcel Energy, Energy

• Grand Junction economy shows symptoms of national slump

  Monday Jul 14 | via Grand Junction Free Press 

  An economic malaise that has spread throughout the country and rekindled fears of a recession seems to have been unable to penetrate the region's Teflon-like safety barrier provided by the oil and natural gas ...

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  Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Government, Real Estate

National Headlines

• U.S. Senate to Vote on Housing Bill

  15 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...

  15 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

  15 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

  16 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

  16 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