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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

• Durham home of Vin Baker auctioned off

  Friday Jul 11 | via WTNH 

  A bank has taken over the Durham home of former NBA player Vin Baker at a foreclosure auction. 5 comments

  Related Topix: Durham, CT, Foreclosures, Middletown, CT, Home, Mortgage

• Vin Baker's Colonial In Durham Auctioned For $2.5 Million

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Hartford Courant 

  The Durham house that was owned by former NBA basketball player Vin Baker, a six-bedroom, 9,300-square-foot Georgian brick colonial on a 12-acre parcel, has been auctioned at a foreclosure sale.

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  Related Topix: Durham, CT, Middletown, CT, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• In NL County, Mortgages Hard To Come By Amid Continued Slump

  Jun 13, 2008 | via The Day 

  Fewer buyers in regional market as home sales, prices slide further With mortgages hard to come by, Connecticut home prices are feeling the heat.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Litchfield County, CT, Middlesex County, CT, Fairfield County, CT, Mortgage

• April Figures Show Continuing Decline In Median Home Sales Prices

  Jun 12, 2008 | via Hartford Courant 

  The decline in the median sale price of single family houses in Connecticut accelerated in April, falling by nearly 10 percent compared to April 2007, a report released Thursday showed. 13 comments

  Related Topix: Middlesex County, CT, Tolland County, CT, Fairfield County, CT, Hartford County, CT, Housing

• Moving in ... Middletown

  Apr 10, 2008 | via Hartford Courant 

  Last year, Joyce Hatton-Yarrow felt pulled to return to Middletown after six years' living along the shore in Madison.

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  Related Topix: Cromwell, CT, Home Buying, Home, Middletown, CT, Housing

Regional Headlines

• Bad economy means good business for repo men

  Friday | via Thehour.com 

  BRIDGEPORTAssociated PressThis is what it looks like when a gilded age turns to brass: the boats, motor homes and expensive cars bought during the good times are turned over to the repo men in favor of paying ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, New York Government, New York, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Foreclosures

• KISS 95.7 = Connecticut's Hit Music = 860-247-9570

  Friday Jul 11 | via KISS 95.7 Hartford 

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are too big to fail and must be kept alive to avoid a crisis of "unspeakable magnitude," a former top Federal Reserve policy-maker said on Friday.

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  Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Connecticut

• Obama Seeks Info On Dodd In Vice President Search

  Friday Jul 11 | via Hartford Courant 

  Barack Obama's presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. 86 comments

  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Connecticut, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Aspects Of Haven Healthcare Sale Trouble Creditors

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Connecticut's WB 20 

  The Haven Healthcare nursing home chain began a new era Monday, as most of its 25 homes in New England were sold to three real estate investment firms, while four Connecticut homes were placed in the hands of a ... 50 comments

  Related Topix: Glastonbury, CT, Home, Mortgage, Connecticut

• Dodd's popularity slips in Connecticut

  Tuesday Jul 8 | via Newsday.com 

  If veteran Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd 's trademark jaunty smile seems a bit forced these days, it's no surprise.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Foreclosures, Barack Obama, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, 2008 Presidential Election

National Headlines

• Report paints gloomy picture

  11 min ago | via Shropshire Star 

  Ask yourself this question: What is Ludlow best known for? Your answer will probably include a few of the following: Fantastic restaurants, a beautiful castle, glorious countryside, vibrant festivals and a rich ...

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home

• Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas prices

  13 min ago | via Alaska Journal of Commerce 

  Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance ...

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US News, Housing, US Politics, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Home, Mortgage

• Property cools in capital with glum economy

  15 min ago | via Viet Nam News 

  Certain sectors of the Ha Noi real estate markets have cooled over the past few months as a result of the global economic slowdown, domestic inflation and limited liquidity on the market driven by high interest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Ha Tay, Vietnam, World News, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Vietnam

• Why would Fed delay revision of rules?

  20 min ago | via Dispatch.com 

  The Federal Reserve Board has signed off on new rules to help the rising tide of mortgage delinquencies by barring lenders from making loans without proof of a borrower's income and requiring lenders to ensure ...

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• No slowdown for the downtown

  22 min ago | via Edmonton Sun 

  As executive director of the Downtown Business Association of Edmonton, it's a given Jim Taylor would be revved up about the city's core.

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  Related Topix: University of Houston System, Downtown (University of Houston System), Housing, Arlington (University of Texas System), University of Texas System, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Alberta, Opinion