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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

• Local builder weathers housing downturn

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via Las Vegas Business Press 

  The housing market has seen better days. Southern Nevada had 3,192 new foreclosures in the first quarter, or roughly 35 a day, Clark County records show.

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  Related Topix: Clark County, NV, Housing, Real Estate, Foreclosures, Las Vegas, NV

• Court Blotter

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Salina Journal 

  Court grants CitiMortgage a mortgage foreclosure against Miranda N. Byrd and Richard M. Byrd on property at 948 S. Front for a sum in excess of $97,400. Salina Municipal Court DUI CONVICTION -- Michael W. ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Salina, KS

• Local Business News In Brief

  Sunday Jul 6 | via TheSpectrum.com 

  Bealls to open store in Mesquite MESQUITE, Nev. - With the Aug. 21 grand opening of a new Bealls store at 1165 W. Pioneer Blvd., Mesquite-area residents will have their own family fashion store.

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  Related Topix: Mesquite, NV, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Program leads to home ownership, independence

  Friday Jul 4 | via Las Vegas Review Journal 

  Donna Brimhall answers the phone while her husband Harold Brimhall rests on the couch inside the Henderson home purchased by the couple from the Clark County Housing Authority.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Henderson, NV, Clark County, NV

• The game of golf course lending

  Jan 7, 2008 | via Fulton County Daily Report 

  Andrew Much, senior corporate counsel for Textron Financial's Golf Finance Division, said he shoots in the low-triple digits and only manages to play about four to five rounds per year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Alpharetta, GA, Opinion

Regional Headlines

• Little reason for optimism seen in Beige Book report

  Yesterday | via Las Vegas Review Journal 

  Little optimism was seen in a report Wednesday for the region that includes Las Vegas and Nevada except that prices for goods other than energy and food are stable.

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  Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Arizona State University, Foreclosures, Housing, Nevada

• Gaming losses could persist

  Sunday Jul 20 | via Reno Gazette-Journal 

  July 10 went down as a bad day in Nevada's gaming industry. First came the announcment that state gaming revenue numbers in May dropped 15 percent when compared with the same month in 2007.

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  Related Topix: Gaming, Washoe County, NV, Nevada, Home, Mortgage

• Foreclosures hurting property tax revenue

  Friday Jul 18 | via Las Vegs Sun 

  The Valley's high foreclosure rate is affecting Clark County's tax revenue, according to a story today on National Public Radio.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Media, Radio, Nevada

• Banker says media is overreacting

  Friday Jul 18 | via Reno Gazette-Journal 

  Despite recent news about Indymac Bank in California and the latest financial condition of the nation's major mortgage lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, local bankers are optimistic about the status of their ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Nevada

• Five Defendants Enter Guilty Pleas in Las Vegas Mortgage Fraud Scheme

  Friday Jul 11 | via Federal Bureau of Investigation 

  Eve Mazzarella, a mortgage broker in Las Vegas, her husband, Steven Grimm, and four other loan officers and mortgage brokers are currently awaiting trial on federal conspiracy and fraud charges for their ... 4 comments

  Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Nevada

National Headlines

• Washington Mutual Bond Risk Rises as Credit-Default Swaps Climb to Record

  4 min ago | via Bloomberg Business News 

  The cost to protect Washington Mutual Inc. bonds from default rose for a third day to a record amid concern that the biggest U.S. savings and loan won't be able to weather the worst housing crisis since the ...

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  Related Topix: Financial Services, Stamford, CT, Stamford Metro, New Haven Metro, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage

• Foreclosure Filings More Than Double

  4 min ago | via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4 

  The number of households facing the foreclosure process more than doubled in the second quarter compared to a year ago, according to data released Friday.

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  Related Topix: Irvine, CA, Stockton Metro, Stockton, CA, Housing, Foreclosures

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

  5 min ago | via WAND-TV Decatur 

  The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush, Foreclosures, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Michigan ranks 7th in foreclosures

  6 min ago | via MLive.com 

  Michigan ranked seventh in the country in foreclosures during the second quarter of this year, according to data released July 25 by RealtyTrac.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro

• More people are out of work than expected this month

  8 min ago | via WBIR-TV Knoxville 

  A domino effect on Wall Street. A down day triggered by dismal earnings posted by Ford, a steep drop in existing home sales, and a spike in jobless claims.

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  Related Topix: Home, Home Selling, Housing, Ford, Mortgage