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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

• Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure postings jump 24%

  Thursday | via The Dallas Morning News 

  Home foreclosure postings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have jumped by almost a quarter in the latest filings.

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  Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Addison, TX, Dallas Metro, Foreclosures, Dallas County, TX

• Gang invaded 70 North Texas homes, police say

  Monday Jul 14 | via KVUE 

  Authorities say they have shut down a violent gang responsible for at least 70 home invasions in North Texas, and they are investigating whether some stolen money was later invested in mortgage fraud schemes.

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  Related Topix: Rockwall, TX, Cedar Hill, TX, Dallas County, TX, Texas, Home, Mortgage, Duncanville, TX

• 'Middlemen' lend expertise to those facing real estate financing complexities

  Monday Jul 7 | via The Dallas Morning News 

  Even in economic misery, there is money to be made. As the mortgage market continues to implode and loans dry up, North Texas entrepreneurs are filling the void.

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  Related Topix: Euless, TX, Rockwall, TX, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Grapevine, TX, Foreclosures

• Fort Worth population tops 700,000

  Friday Jun 27 | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram 

  Call it a move back to normal growth. After years of rapid home-building north of Loop 820, Fort Worth's population has reached 702,850, according to estimates released Thursday by the North Central Texas ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Tarrant County, TX

• Dallas County DA Watkins accuses attorney general of politics in mortgage fraud case

  Monday Jun 23 | via Dallas Morning News 

  Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and the Texas attorney general's office are at odds over what Mr.

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Regional Headlines

• Steps to ease housing crisis

  8 hrs ago | via Houston Community Newspapers Online 

  The housing crisis is eroding the confidence of our nation's homeowners, financial institutions, and investors at an accelerating rate.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Texas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Local banking experts say Texas banks are stable

  8 hrs ago | via News 8 Austin 

  For Banker Bill Lemens, regular check-ups from customers came following the recent failure of California-based IndyMac bank.

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  Related Topix: Texas, Mortgage, Home

• Baylor University Study Shows Depressed Housing Market Demands Change in Lead Generation Techniques

  17 hrs ago | via Earth Times 

  WACO, Texas, July 18 Baylor-housing-study WACO, Texas , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A down housing market calls on real estate agents to change their tactics, according to Dr.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Texas, Marketing, Baylor University, Real Estate

• State housing agency salutes year's top lenders for first time homebuyer programs

  21 hrs ago | via KRGV-TV Weslaco 

  Acknowledging that its goal of increasing homeownership rates among low to moderate income Texans depends on strong partnerships with local lenders, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs today ...

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  Related Topix: Houston Metro, Houston Metro, Texas, Home, Mortgage

• Dallas-Fort Worth preowned home sales fall 15% in 2008

  Yesterday | via Quick 

  Early hopes for a spring rebound in Dallas-area home sales didn't pan out. All but a few area residential districts experienced fewer home purchases in the first half of this year, according to the latest ...

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  Related Topix: Fort Worth Metro, Texas, Lancaster, TX, Mesquite, TX, Dallas Metro, Housing

National Headlines

• Lawmaker: Extend mortgage protection for vets

  6 min ago | via MilitaryCity.com 

  Two projects aimee at protecting veterans with adjustable rate mortgages and adjustable hybrid rate mortgages could be extended past the end of this year if Rep.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Life, Veteran Affairs, US Politics, Ginny Brown-Waite, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Foreclosures

• Debt consolidation loans to manage debts easily and intelligently

  2 hrs ago | via The Capital Letter 

  The main reason for such a situation is the high credit card bills, loans, and mortgages, etc.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Adverse Credit Remortgage - Refinance Easily

  3 hrs ago | via The Capital Letter 

  This is done mainly to get a new mortgage for a lower rate of interest from a different lender for a better rate.

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

• Robert Shiller on Bubble Thinking

  16 min ago | via Bubble Meter 

  Many culprits have been fingered for the housing crisis we're in today: unscrupulous mortgage lenders, dishonest borrowers, underregulated financial institutions.

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  Related Topix: UC San Francisco, University of California System, Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• House prices 'will keep falling'

  20 min ago | via BBC 

  House prices in the UK and the US are likely to fall for another two years, the chairman of one of the world's most powerful banks has warned.

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