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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

• 'Dream Home' developer closes

  Friday Jul 11 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Grey Rock, the upscale housing development in Rutherford County that is home to the much-publicized HGTV 2006 Dream Home, has closed its sales office and shut down sales operations indefinitely.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Rutherford County, NC, Lake Lure, NC, McDowell County, NC

• With a land-transfer tax proving unpopular with voters, the General...

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Watauga Democrat 

  With a land-transfer tax proving unpopular with voters, the General Assembly may be removing it as a revenue option for local governments.

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  Related Topix: Clay County, NC, Polk County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Real Estate

• New this Week

  Apr 22, 2008 | via HendersonvilleNews.com 

  What: Single family dwellings/vacation rentals in Lake Lure Status: Up for discussion by Lake Lure Town Council Zoning and Planning Board at meeting held at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Lake Lure, NC

Regional Headlines

• Macon Mall faces foreclosure

  8 hrs ago | via The Macon Telegraph 

  Foreclosure action has begun against Macon Mall because of nonpayment on a $141.2 million loan, and a new management company has been approved by the court to take control of the 1.4 million-square-foot ...

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Startups, Jones Lang LaSalle, Foreclosures, Real Estate, Jones Lang Lasalle

• Victory Won in the Foreclosure Struggle of Rubie Curl-Pinkins

  20 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire 

  Dear activists and concerned community members, Victory was won today in the struggle to stop the foreclosure and eviction of Rubie Curl-Pinkins from her home on Holden Street in Detroit! Today was the date ...

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, North Carolina

• Raleigh foreclosures up, still better than national rate

  Yesterday | via Wral.com 

  Foreclosures in the City of Raleigh were 64 percent greater in the second quarter of 2008 than in the same period last year.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, Housing

• John Edwards in town

  Yesterday | via Off the Kuff 

  Former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards was in town this week to promote his anti-poverty agenda.

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  Related Topix: North Carolina, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, John Edwards, 2008 Presidential Election

• Gloomy Virginia: Foreclosure crisis likely to worsen, says analyst

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Delaware Coast Press 

  Government and community leaders from throughout Virginia gathered Wednesday to consider how they can reverse a disturbing spike in foreclosures.

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

National Headlines

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  5 min ago | via WCOH-AM Newnan 

  The Congress approved a massive housing market rescue bill on Saturday, offering emergency financing to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, creating a new regulator for the mortgage titans and setting up a $300 billion ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, George Bush

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  7 min ago | via Kndu.com 

  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, Yakima, WA

• Alexander Backs Housing Bill, Which Passes 72-13

  8 min ago | via Chattanoogan.com 

  He said the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes the following provisions: Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, and a standard property tax deduction for taxpayers ...

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

• Mike's Blog Roundup

  8 min ago | via Crooks and Liars 

  Years of proxy wars with the USSR created demons that US arrogance thought could never turn and rend it.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  9 min ago | via Alabama Live 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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