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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

• Need to know: Sellafield 6.75bn clean up ... HSBC at top ... GE Money sale

  Friday Jul 11 | via Times Online 

  US President George W. Bush was forced to wade into the turmoil surrounding Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the lenders that underpin America's entire debt infrastructure, saying that Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke ...

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• Motown approves 23 more units

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via The Jersey Journal 

  The Morristown zoning board has approved 23 condos at the corner of Ridgedale and Lafayette avenues, to be built by Ridgedale Commons LLC, reports the Daily Record.

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  Related Topix: Morristown, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Housing, Morris Plains, NJ

• Space to spare in this Colonial beauty

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Daily Record 

  It's been said that you can't be too rich or too thin. Realtors have their own saying -- that you can't have enough space.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Madison, NJ, Home Listing, Home

• Bargain-hunters tour foreclosed homes

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Daily Record 

  They walked into the first house on the tour, and found it to be a little small.

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  Related Topix: Sussex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Sparta, NJ, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Woman faces 10 years for mortgage scam role

  Saturday Jun 28 | via Daily Record 

  A 50-year-old woman who bought homes, luxury cars and boats with funds milked from a $2.7 million mortgage fraud pleaded guilty Friday to money laundering and faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced in ...

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  Related Topix: Morganville, NJ, Morristown, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Marlboro, NJ, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Award of Punitive Damages In an Estate Action Alleging Undue Influence Is Limited

  Yesterday | via Http 

  Digested by Jennifer R. Thompson IN RE ESTATE OF STOCKDALE , New Jersey Supreme Court, A-121, July 22, 2008.

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• Congressional Help for Housing Market has NJ Pols Breathing Sigh of Relief

  Yesterday | via WNYC-AM New York 

  NEW YORK, NY July 24, 2008 - As congress moves towards passing a far-reaching package to help the faltering housing market, local New Jersey officials are breathing a sigh of relief.

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• A roof overhead

  Yesterday | via The Times 

  "Hello. My name is New Jersey and I'm in a re cession." It's said that admitting a problem is the first step toward solving it, so there must be some comfort in the Rutgers University economic forecast is sued ...

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  Related Topix: New Jersey, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Ferguson, Mount Laurel, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Foreclosures, Opinion

• Developers win, taxpayers lose in affordable housing bill

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Hillsborough Beacon 

  It will be a classic photo op. Seated at a table in Mount Laurel today , ready to sign the most far-reaching legislation in the history of New Jersey housing policy, Gov.

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• DCA Awards $52M in Housing Funds

  Thursday Jul 17 | via GlobeSt.com 

  The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has awarded a total of $52.3 million in affordable housing funds to support development of that product across the state.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Camden County, NJ, New Jersey, Jersey City, NJ, Somerdale, NJ

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 min ago | via Morris Daily Herald 

  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, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  6 min ago | via WWLP 

  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

  6 min ago | via X101.5 

  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

• U.S. Congress approves massive housing bill

  6 min ago | via The Globe and Mail 

  The bill was approved by the Senate in a 72-13 vote. It was passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Home, Mortgage

• Provisions of housing-mortgage relief bill

  6 min ago | via Buffalo News 

  The housing bill that Congress passed Saturday and sent to President Bush would: -Give the Federal Housing Administration $300 billion in new lending authority and relax standards to provide affordable, ...

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