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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

• ABC News 4 - New Home Construction Holding Steady in Lowcountry

  Tuesday Jul 15 | via WCIV 

  Local home sales on the decline, but new home construction is holding steady. The housing market around the country, struggling, but in Charleston construction of new homes has yet to see a huge drop off.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Charleston, SC, Charleston Metro, Home Building, Home, Charleston County, SC

• Judge sides with widow over land

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Post and Courier 

  After nearly three years of misery, 57-year-old widow Sherry Ann Felder finally won her 5-acre country property back.

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  Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Charleston County, SC

• Habitat clients could get part of foreclosure sale profits

  May 9, 2008 | via KnowledgePlex 

  A Charleston County foreclosure sale Tuesday involved two homes built by the nonprofit group Charleston Habitat for Humanity but also was unusual because the sale could mean a windfall for the Habitat clients ...

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  Related Topix: Charleston County, SC, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Citadel asks county to help pay debt

  May 8, 2008 | via The Post and Courier 

  Representatives from The Citadel have asked Charleston County Council to help them pay off debt on the military college's renovated Johnson Hagood Stadium.

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  Related Topix: Charleston County, SC, Housing, Charleston, SC

• Foreclosure at the courthouse steps

  May 7, 2008 | via Charleston Real Estate Blog 

  News Foreclosure at the courthouse steps It was apparently a wild Tuesday at the Charleston County Courthouse for the weekly foreclosure sale with a couple of Habitat for Humanity homes selling and getting a ...

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  Related Topix: Charleston County, SC, Foreclosures, Mount Pleasant, SC, Home Listing, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Home sales plunge 33 percent in June

  Jun 25, 2008 | via Messenger 

  ' Tri-county area real estate professionals sweated through a tough June in which sales plummeted nearly 33 percent from the same time a year ago, state market housing information released Thursday shows.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, South Carolina, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Mortgage madness - and hope

  Wednesday | via Messenger 

  ' As the United States government scrambles to stabilize mortgage monoliths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, South Carolina markets could emerge comparatively well, said Elaine Worzala, director of the Center for ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Clemson University, University of San Diego, South Carolina, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Norris

  Friday Jul 18 | via Traveler Watchman 

  Searching for a perfect lake home? Visit TNLakeHomes.net and have a look at the latest lake home listings in Tennessee.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Housing, South Carolina, Foreclosures

• SCBT income up

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via The Times and Democrat 

  SCBT Financial Corporation, the holding company for South Carolina Bank and Trust, said Tuesday its net income reached a record-high level during the second quarter ending June 30.

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  Related Topix: Retail, Tuesday Morning, South Carolina, Home, Mortgage

• Business Briefs

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Post and Courier 

  Stocks rose sharply Tuesday as oil prices fell for a second straight day, and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Foreclosures, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, South Carolina

National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  5 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

  6 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

  6 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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• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  7 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

  7 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