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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

• Housing expo in Saginaw

  Yesterday | via NewsCenter 25 

  Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 7:15 p.m. People in danger of losing their homes, got some help Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Saginaw, MI, Foreclosures, Saginaw County, MI, Autos

• Sales of homes slow

  Wednesday Jul 23 | via Saginaw News 

  Housing sales in Saginaw County are down from last year, but in the reality of realty, the community still is besting neighboring counties.

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  Related Topix: Housing, Midland, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Bay County, MI, Real Estate, Saginaw, MI

• Expo all about buying a home

  Monday Jul 21 | via Saginaw News 

  Information on buying your first home, help with a down payment, grants and home repair loans are among the topics covered during a free one-day Housing Expo.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Saginaw County, MI, Saginaw, MI, Mortgage, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• BV incumbents face challengers

  Friday Jul 18 | via Saginaw News 

  Three candidates seek the treasurer's post and two seek the clerk position in the Aug.

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  Related Topix: Buena Vista, MI, Real Estate, Frankenmuth, MI, Saginaw County, MI

• Foreclosures climb, housing values fall

  May 23, 2008 | via Saginaw News 

  When Mildred Dodak started working as Saginaw County register of deeds in 1987, she recorded 10 to 20 home foreclosures in a fiscal year.

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  Related Topix: Saginaw, MI, Saginaw County, MI, Housing, Foreclosures, Saginaw Township North, MI

Regional Headlines

• For the economy, finally some news not half bad

  1 hr ago | via Log Cabin Democrat 

  For the economy, finally some news not half bad By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half ...

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Housing, Foreclosures

• Detroit Community Comes Out to Support Rubie Curl-Pinkins in Foreclosure Struggle

  20 hrs ago | via Pan-African News Wire 

  Michigan foeclosures: Moratorium struggle builds, activists plan to stop eviction By Kris Hamel Detroit Published Jul 24, 2008 11:55 PM Organizers with the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and ...

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  Related Topix: Wayne County, MI, Michigan, Detroit Metro, Oakland County, MI, Home, Mortgage

• County's No. 1, No. 2 real estate firms to make state's biggest real estate office

  21 hrs ago | via Ann Arbor News 

  Friday, July 25, 2008 BY LISA CAROLIN The two largest real estate companies in Livingston County are merging and will become what principals are describing as the largest single real estate office in Michigan.

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  Related Topix: Livingston County, MI, Real Estate, Michigan, Hamburg, MI, Hartland, MI, Fenton, MI

• New home sales drop fall less than expected

  23 hrs ago | via San Francisco Examiner 

  Jul 25, 2008 10:16 AM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP A public auction sign is seen in front of a farmhouse Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in Buckingham, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Michigan, Housing, Foreclosures

• Wall St. futures higher, durable goods data eyed

  Yesterday | via MSN Money 

  Futures for the Nasdaq were up 0.4 percent at 4:17 a.m. EDT on Friday while the the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P were both up 0.1 percent.

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National Headlines

• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  4 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

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

• Federal Regulators Close Two More Banks

  6 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