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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

• St. Joe foundation grants follow an uneasy market

  Mar 25, 2008 | via Panama City News Herald 

  The real estate market downturn has not hurt just would-be home buyers, sellers and real estate agents.

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• Real estate, construction, retail look to better new year

  Dec 30, 2007 | via Tallahassee.com 

  The head of the Florida Retail Federation aptly described the local business climate during 2007 in a teleconference last month with reporters to discuss holiday sales growth.

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  Related Topix: Housing, North-Miami-Beach, FL, Franklin County, FL, Tallahassee Metro

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

  15 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+'

  20 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

  22 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. Congress passes mortgage aid for 400,000 struggling homeowners

  3 min ago | via Penticton Herald 

  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

• FDIC closes First Heritage Bank

  3 min ago | via Taipei Times 

  WILD WEST: The 28 bank branches in Nevada, Arizona and California will reopen as Mutual of Omaha Bank branches X with the full amount of deposits insured AP, CARSON CITY, NEVADA Sunday, Jul 27, 2008, Page 11 ...

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  Related Topix: Scottsdale, AZ, Foreclosures, Arizona, Arizona Government

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via My West Texas 

  Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Congress passes housing rescue bill

  4 min ago | via KATU-TV Portland 

  Congress has passed a housing rescue bill aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: US News, Foreclosures, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Building wealth : Not yet time to relax

  4 min ago | via The New Zealand Herald 

  Many homeowners and potential buyers may have thought they could breathe a sigh of relief after the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate last week for the first time in five years.

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  Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News, Mortgage, Home