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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

• Peter Boutell, Lending a Hand: Today's most critical measure in mortgage lending

  25 min ago | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The "mortgage meltdown," as the press calls it, officially started last August but the beginnings of it were being felt by mid-2006. According to the Implode-O-Meter [ml-implode.com], 266 mortgage lenders have ...

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• Santa Cruz County Bank Reports Second Quarter Results

  Feb 3, 2004 | via Earth Times 

  Bank reports double digit growth in assets, Loans, and deposits on year to year basis SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 18 SANTA CRUZ, Calif.

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• County home prices drop to $600,000 in June

  Friday | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The county's median home price fell to $600,000 in June, a $157,000 drop compared to the same month last year, according to statistics released Thursday. 22 comments

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• Median home prices slip to $600,000 in Santa Cruz County

  Thursday | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  The median home price in Santa Cruz County slipped to $600,000 in June, down from $610,000 in May of 2008. 19 comments

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• Community meetings in Live Oak, Santa Cruz focus on gangs

  Friday Jul 11 | via Santa Cruz Sentinel 

  Concern about gang violence and neighborhood crime brought law enforcement officers and residents together in two parts of the county Thursday evening. 44 comments

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Regional Headlines

• Cash challenged? Cry uncle

  3 hrs ago | via Chicago Tribune 

  Two little-known federal programs may hold the answer for would-be home buyers who don't have money for a down payment or don't have money left after closing to update their properties.

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Home Buying, Home, California, UC Riverside, University of California System, UC San Diego, Mortgage

• Calif. To Be Hit Hard Among Nation's 1 Million Foreclosures

  18 hrs ago | via NBC Channel 11 

  A forecast released Friday has predicted that 1 million homes will be in foreclosure nationwide by the end of the year. 10 comments

  Related Topix: California, California Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Foreclosures, Home Listing

• Inland rents start to level off, report says

  Yesterday | via The Press-Enterprise 

  After coping with years of strong rent growth, Inland Southern California apartment dwellers are getting relief.

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• Solar-powered homes give builder an edge

  Yesterday | via Lake Elsinore Valley News 

  Challenged with selling new homes in a tough residential real estate market, Woodside Homes has partnered with solar panel giant SunPower Corp., Southern California Edison and the makers of energy-efficient ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Energy, California, Temecula, CA

• No housing bubble in Canada: Flaherty

  Yesterday | via National Post 

  Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty shrugged off housing worries in Canada Wednesday, saying there is no bubble and that the subprime-mortgage woes crippling financial institutions in the United States are ...

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National Headlines

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  7 min ago | via Midway/Como Monitor 

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• Phoenix Area MLS Loses 20% Of It's Members In June

  9 min ago | via Housing Doom 

  A lousy housing market and changes at ARMLS have led to a huge drop in membership: The listing service Valley real-estate agents use to advertise homes for sale canceled more than 20 percent of its memberships ...

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• Housing rebound unlikely for near future, some say

  4 hrs ago | via The Clarion-Ledger 

  The Bush administration's pledge to rescue ailing housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac raises anew questions about just when the nation's dismal housing market will hit bottom.

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• Rental prices hold steady Number of new renters keeps pace with increasing supply

  9 hrs ago | via Prattville Progress 

  You might expect that as more and more people rent the houses they cannot sell during the cur rent real estate downturn, the in creased number of rental proper ties would bring about a drastic drop in rental ...

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• Neighborhood is quiet, convenient

  Yesterday | via Prattville Progress 

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