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

Local Headlines

• Building in a Niche: Smaller Houses Sell

  Thursday Jul 17 | via Tampa Bay Online 

  For two years, Edwin Letras searched for a home he could afford. Discouraged, he thought his three young children were destined to grow up in a two-bedroom apartment.

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  Related Topix: Hudson, FL, Bayonet Point, FL, Real Estate, Home Listing, Home

• Here's what $225,000 buys in bay area houses

  Monday Jul 14 | via St. Petersburg Times 

  Size: 2,500 square feet Year built: 2006 Description: This barely lived in four-bedroom house, sold by Standard Pacific Homes for $309,000 two years ago, is one of hundreds of short-sale candidates in a Tampa ...

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  Related Topix: Clearwater-Beach, FL, Pasco County, FL, Brandon, FL, Riverview, FL, Home, Mortgage

• Thomas Sheridan, 76, of Toms River

  Tuesday Jul 1 | via Asbury Park Press Online 

  THOMAS SHERIDAN, 76, of TOMS RIVER, passed away Saturday, June 28, at Community Medical Center, Toms River.

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• Report: Florida May foreclosure activity No. 2 in nation

  Jun 9, 2008 | via Bizjournals 

  May foreclosure activity was 7 percent higher than April and 48 percent greater than May 2007, a report released Friday from RealtyTrac said.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Hillsborough County, FL

• Counties fight DRI bill that gives developers more time on big projects

  Jun 16, 2008 | via Tampa Bay Business Journal 

  Faced with an ailing economy and one of Florida's worst residential real estate slumps in decades, the state Legislature passed a bill to give developers an extra three years to complete large-scale commercial ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Pasco County, FL

Regional Headlines

• Instant Editorial: Take action to protect home buyers

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  It's easy to jump the gun and call for heads to roll when a scandal erupts, but when years pass by and officials continue snubbing the law, it's past time to act.

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  Related Topix: Mortgage, Home, Florida, Florida Government, Opinion

• Criminals were allowed to sell home loans in Florida, state official admits

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  MIAMI - The head of a state agency that allowed thousands of criminals to sell home loans in Florida has acknowledged that his office did not follow a screening law, but blamed legislators for failing to ...

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  Related Topix: Florida, Florida Government, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Homes sell; prices plunge in Lee County

  8 hrs ago | via News Press 

  Lee County real estate agents sold slightly more homes in the first half of this year than a year ago - but the future's uncertain for the rest of the year.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Cape Coral, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL, Florida

• RealtyTrac: Florida is No. 2 in Q2 foreclosure filings

  Monday Jul 21 | via Orlando Business Journal 

  The Sunshine State saw a 25 percent increase in foreclosure filings in the second quarter when compared with the first, according to RealtyTrac 's quarterly report.

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  Related Topix: Florida, Foreclosures, Bradenton, FL, Miami Metro, Sarasota Metro, Tampa Metro

• Protesters call for loan regulator to quit

  2 hrs ago | via MiamiHerald.com 

  Waving placards and belting out full-throated chants, a community activist group marched into the Office of Financial Regulation's Miami office Thursday with a message for the state agency's chief: Resign.

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  Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Thursday, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Florida, Florida Government

National Headlines

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

  5 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

  5 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

  7 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