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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

• New buys old in bank transaction

  May 30, 2008 | via Tuscaloosa News 

  The main office of Tuscaloosa-based Security Bank on University Boulevard downtown.

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  Related Topix: Tuscaloosa Metro, Tuscaloosa, AL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Capstone Bank buys Security Bank

  May 30, 2008 | via Tuscaloosa News 

  Recently formed Capstone Bank announced Friday the acquisition of Security Bank.

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  Related Topix: Tuscaloosa Metro, Tuscaloosa, AL, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Regional Headlines

• Housing Rescue Bill Awaits Senate, but Questions Remain

  13 hrs ago | via WMFE 

  A hotly-debated housing bill aimed at helping struggling homeowners and shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is next headed for the Senate.

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

• Alabama home sales fell in June, except Dothan

  14 hrs ago | via Dothan Eagle 

  Metro area home sales dropped 35 percent last month against June 2007, while average and median prices also slid from June 2007, the Birmingham Association of Realtors said Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Dothan Metro, Dothan, AL, Real Estate, Housing, Alabama

• Alabama renters paying more than homeowners

  16 hrs ago | via Alabama Live 

  Alabamians who rent their homes spend more on housing costs than homeowners do, with four out of 10 renters paying more than 30 percent of their income to a get place to live and keep the lights, heat and water ...

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  Related Topix: Anniston Metro, Anniston, AL, Alabama Government, Alabama, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• CongressDaily: Housing Bill Might Benefit Foreign Firm

  20 hrs ago | via National Journal 

  A housing-recovery bill moving quickly toward President Bush's desk could benefit a company that has nothing to do with the mortgage market: a Canadian rail-car manufacturer that is building a plant in ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Colbert County, AL, US News, US House of Representatives, Alabama, Democrat, US Politics, Earl Blumenauer

• Alabama real estate network formed

  Monday Jul 21 | via Birmingham Business Journal 

  Jim Lawrence, president of Birmingham's LAH Real Estate Inc. , today announced his company's involvement in the formation of a new statewide network of independent residential real estate brokers in Alabama.

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  Related Topix: Alabama, Housing, Gulf Shores, AL

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

  6 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

  9 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