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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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Regional Headlines

• Congressional housing action could aid Iowans

  22 hrs ago | via Waterloo Courier 

  A housing bill being considered in Congress could lend a hand to Iowans struggling to make mortgage payments, Sen.

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  Related Topix: US News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Iowa

• Winnebago Withstands Tough Economic Road

  Monday Jul 21 | via RV Business 

  Each morning, Winnebago Industries Inc. Chairman Bob Olson reviews key company, motorhome industry and U.S. economic statistics with his top managers.

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• Leach proves prophetic about mortgage crisis

  Saturday Jul 19 | via Des Moines Register 

  From his office at Harvard, Jim Leach walked me through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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• East-side residents fight mortgage crisis

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Http 

  Overgrown lawns, broken windows and tell-tale lock boxes are becoming more common sights in east Des Moines, where the number of vacated homes continues to increase as part of the nationwide mortgage crisis.

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• Mortgage lending and housing market changes in Iowa

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via KWWL-TV Waterloo 

  For buyers and sellers, national economic and housing trends still apply in Iowa, just on a smaller scale.

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National Headlines

• Senate Passes Housing Rescue Bill, Bush to Sign

  4 min ago | via WCOH-AM Newnan 

  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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• Bill heads to Bush for signature

  6 min ago | via Kndu.com 

  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, Yakima, WA

• Alexander Backs Housing Bill, Which Passes 72-13

  6 min ago | via Chattanoogan.com 

  He said the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes the following provisions: Provides a refundable tax credit of up to $7,500 for first-time homebuyers, and a standard property tax deduction for taxpayers ...

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• Mike's Blog Roundup

  7 min ago | via Crooks and Liars 

  Years of proxy wars with the USSR created demons that US arrogance thought could never turn and rend it.

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• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  8 min ago | via Alabama Live 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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