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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

• LaTorre Realty joins forces with ERA Tides

  Yesterday | via Post and Courier 

  While the Charleston area is seeing no shortage of for-sale signs on front lawns, some of the corporate names on those signs are changing or disappearing.

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  Related Topix: Charleston, SC, Charleston Metro, Home Buying, Home

• Unreasonable expectations

  Jun 9, 2008 | via Charleston Real Estate Blog 

  News Navigation Unreasonable expectations Sometimes you just have to wonder. There are so many places that real estate buyers can search for homes today that when you receive a request to send listings that ...

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  Related Topix: Mount Pleasant, SC, Summerville, SC, Real Estate, Charleston, SC, Charleston Metro

• Growth feud gets personal for 2 officials

  Jun 9, 2008 | via The Post and Courier 

  Dorchester County Councilman Jamie Feltner and Planning Commissioner Robert Pratt often clash over how to control the county's growth.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Dorchester County, SC

• The Cutting Edge

  Jun 4, 2008 | via Black Enterprise 

  BOOKS The Cutting Edge Do you need to cut costs-and fast? Here are several ways to get your family finances back under control By Chris Taylor June 4, 2008 -- Anthony Spence remembers what it was like not to ...

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  Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Richmond Metro, Home, Mortgage

• BE Exclusives Images

  Jun 4, 2008 | via Black Enterprise 

  Anthony Spence remembers what it was like not to have a whole lot of money. The 41-year-old entrepreneur grew up in a single-parent household in Richmond, Virginia, and watched his mom struggle to put food on ...

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  Related Topix: Richmond, VA, Richmond Metro, Home, Mortgage

Regional Headlines

• Home sales plunge 33 percent in June

  Wednesday Jun 25 | via Messenger 

  ' Tri-county area real estate professionals sweated through a tough June in which sales plummeted nearly 33 percent from the same time a year ago, state market housing information released Thursday shows.

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  Related Topix: Real Estate, Housing, South Carolina, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Mortgage madness - and hope

  Yesterday | via Messenger 

  ' As the United States government scrambles to stabilize mortgage monoliths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, South Carolina markets could emerge comparatively well, said Elaine Worzala, director of the Center for ...

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  Related Topix: Housing, Clemson University, University of San Diego, South Carolina, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

• Norris

  Friday Jul 18 | via Traveler Watchman 

  Searching for a perfect lake home? Visit TNLakeHomes.net and have a look at the latest lake home listings in Tennessee.

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  Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Real Estate, Housing, South Carolina, Foreclosures

• SCBT income up

  Wednesday Jul 16 | via The Times and Democrat 

  SCBT Financial Corporation, the holding company for South Carolina Bank and Trust, said Tuesday its net income reached a record-high level during the second quarter ending June 30.

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  Related Topix: Retail, Tuesday Morning, South Carolina, Home, Mortgage

• Business Briefs

  Wednesday Jul 9 | via Post and Courier 

  Stocks rose sharply Tuesday as oil prices fell for a second straight day, and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the ailing financial system.

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  Related Topix: Financial Markets, Foreclosures, Ben Bernanke, Home, Mortgage, South Carolina

National Headlines

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

  3 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

  3 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

  4 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

  5 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

  6 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