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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

• State Provides $357M For Affordable Builds

  Thursday | via GlobeSt.com 

  Gov. David Paterson has been pro-active this year in his approach to improving and expanding housing opportunities across New York State.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Schenectady County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Queens, NY, New York, NY

• Ohio firm plans to reopen Falls SGL Carbon plant

  Friday Jul 11 | via Buffalo News 

  An Ohio company plans to reopen the old SGL Carbon plant in Niagara Falls and create at least 50 new jobs, its owners told the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency Wednesday.

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• Mortgage snarls Lockport property

  Wednesday Jul 2 | via Buffalo News 

  A local property owner, who city officials said in April was being given time to fix up houses because of a good track record, was summoned Tuesday to Housing Court for failure to fix up a house on South ...

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  Related Topix: Lockport, NY, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Niagara County, NY

• North Tonawanda: City to seek funds from foreclosed apartments

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Tonawanda News 

  A meeting Monday brought together local officials and managers of North Tonawanda's two low-income housing developments, now in foreclosure.

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  Related Topix: Niagara County, NY, North Tonawanda, NY, Foreclosures

• Outlet mall back in fashion

  Sunday Jun 29 | via Business First of Buffalo 

  It was a muggy Monday morning when a fleet of tour buses pulled into the parking lot of the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls and unloaded several hundred patrons.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Niagara County, NY, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Fitch Rates $100MM San Diego County (CA) Ser 2008B 'AA/F1+'

  19 hrs ago | via PR-inside.com 

  The long-term 'AA' rating reflects the county's very low debt burden, sound financial operations, and very strong and effective financial and debt policies, as well as concern over the economic and financial ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Real Estate, Financial Markets, New York

• NYC jury convicts former Haitian paramilitary leader in scheme to cheat mortgage lenders

  21 hrs ago | via Newsday.com 

  A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel "Toto" Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, New York

• Irwin shares soar after loan sale

  Yesterday | via IBJ.COM 

  Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. shares rose 25 percent this morning, in the first trading session since the company announced late yesterday that it was scaling back its exposure to the battered mortgage ...

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• N.Y. jury convicts ex-Haitian strongman of fraud

  Yesterday | via Buffalo News 

  A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million.

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• National City posts $1.76 billion loss for quarter

  Yesterday | via Lansing State Journal 

  NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a $1.76 billion loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous acquisitions.

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  Related Topix: New York, Home, Mortgage, National City Corporation, Banking, Financial Services

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via PhillyBurbs.com 

  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

• Congress approves housing bill

  4 min ago | via MSN Money 

  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: Housing, George Bush, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Politics, Foreclosures

• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 min ago | via KRON 4 

  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

  5 min ago | via 97.5 FM 

  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

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  5 min ago | via 97.5 FM 

  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