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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

• Housing 'solution' may perpetuate one problem

  11 hrs ago | via Arizona Daily Star 

  Home prices have dropped 23 percent in Torrance, Calif., and Doug Gylfe still can't afford to buy a home.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Harvard University, University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles, Torrance, CA

• Real estate events

  12 hrs ago | via Los Angeles Times 

  Events TUESDAY Short sales: Sam Sadat's National Club of Real Estate Investors presents a workshop on how to simplify and speed the short-sale process.

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  Related Topix: Exeter, CA, Torrance, CA, Woodland Hills, CA, Home Buying, Home, Diamond Bar, CA, Events

• Many to remain priced out of housing market

  18 hrs ago | via Abilene Reporter-News 

  Doug Gylfe still can't afford to buy a home in Torrance, Calif., despite a 23 percent drop in prices.

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  Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Harvard University, York (Pennsylvania State University System), Torrance, CA, University of California System, UC Los Angeles

• Neighborhood watch group taking shape

  Yesterday | via San Gabriel Valley Tribune 

  Residents of one unincorporated neighborhood gathered at an East Chadley Street home Thursday to discuss problems ranging from raccoons to drug trafficking.

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  Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Covina, CA, Foreclosures

• Demand, Supply, and Prices

  Friday | via Men's News Daily 

  It's clear enough that even if the US economy comes to a halt - and the Democrats seem determined to make that happen - the demand for oil by China, India, and other growing nations will go up exponentially; ...

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Regional Headlines

• Special loan programs serve buyers who lack cash

  6 hrs ago | via HeraldTribune.com 

  Published: Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:24 p.m. Two little-known federal lending programs may hold the answer for would-be home buyers who don't have two plug ...

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  Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, California, Home, Mortgage

• Cash challenged? Cry uncle

  12 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

  Yesterday | 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. 11 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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  Related Topix: California, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Housing, UC Riverside, University of California System, San Bernardino, CA

• 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

National Headlines

• Many Ada County property owners get a break

  4 min ago | via Fort Mill Times 

  More than 1,000 property owners in southwestern Idaho's highly populated Ada County asked for a reduction in assessed property value in an attempt to lower their property taxes.

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  Related Topix: Ada County, ID, Real Estate

• Woes of U.S. credit crisis: lack of regulation?

  5 min ago | via The Hindu 

  "Issuers should only launch products which are easy to understand and easy to measure risk" The developments in the U.S. sub-prime markets or housing mortgage markets have brought to the fore several issues ...

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  Related Topix: Burbank, CA, Chicago (University of Illinois System), University of Illinois System, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• One year of the global financial crisis

  5 min ago | via The Hindu 

  It is a little over a year since the U.S. financial crisis became a global issue.

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  Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage

• Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson

  8 min ago | via Portland Tribune 

  The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News

• Paulson braces public for months of tough times

  8 min ago | via The Post-Star 

  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Home Listing, 2008 Presidential Election