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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

• Schmid appointed to county board

  Jun 11, 2008 | via Iroquois Times-Republic 

  Iroquois County Clerk Mark Henrichs swore in Bret Schmid, Gilman, at yesterday's county board meeting.

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• Home sales rise

  Feb 13, 2008 | via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal 

  Posted 2/13/2008, 6:59PM, by Kristin Szremski Home sales in Kankakee and Iroquois counties rose in the fourth quarter 2007, according to data released today by the Illinois Association of Realtors. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Housing, Kankakee County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Real Estate

• Damage assessment starts as flood waters recede in Watseka

  Jan 14, 2008 | via Quad-City Times 

  WATSEKA, Ill. - Flood waters are starting to drop in the eastern Illinois community of Watseka, and state and local officials are taking a look at the damage.

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Regional Headlines

• Obama to NYT: - A Week of Great Press' but - We Don't BUY Our Own Hype'

  39 min ago | via TheBlueSheet 

  In an interview with the New York Times' excellent Jeff Zeleny , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he's not "measuring the drapes" for the Oval Office, and that "we don't buy our own hype." He discussed the risks ...

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• Blago Calls On Bush To Sign Housing Package

  2 hrs ago | via Cbs2chicago.com 

  Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to quickly sign the Housing and Economic Stimulus Package which will provide more than $500 million in federal aid to support tax ...

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• Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June

  8 hrs ago | via Courier News 

  Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.

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• Nevada Leads Foreclosure Tally in 2Q

  20 hrs ago | via Realtor Magazine 

  One in every 171 households received a foreclosure notice during the second quarter, an increase of 121 percent compared with the same quarter in 2007, according to RealtyTrac, which monitors foreclosure ...

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• Roskam votes against blank check for Bush Administration

  23 hrs ago | via Illinoisreview 

  Roskam broke ranks with the Bush Administration yesterday on the mortgage bill, citing lack of oversight and resulting increased federal spending as his main complaints.

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National Headlines

• U.S. Congress passes mortgage aid for 400,000 struggling homeowners

  1 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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• FDIC closes First Heritage Bank

  1 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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• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  1 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

  2 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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• Building wealth : Not yet time to relax

  2 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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