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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

• Myths and truths about foreclosure

  Friday Jul 11 | via Newsday.com 

  Few real estate terms carry as much negative and emotional baggage as "foreclosure" - a word that inevitably signals some family's financial distress that has resulted in an eviction or abandonment of their ...

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• FHA Mortgage Focus Fuels Lend America's Rise

  Monday Jun 30 | via Housing Wire 

  The changing landscape in mortgage banking is propelling fast-growth for lenders that specialize in originating mortgages endorsed by the Federal Housing Administration ; Melville, New York-based Lend America ...

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• There kitty: June is Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month

  Thursday Jun 26 | via AMNY 

  American Humane has christened June Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month. But as we all know - cliche alert - any month is the ideal one for giving a home to a stray or unwanted kitty.

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• Paterson, Senate Near Deal on Foreclosures

  Jun 17, 2008 | via New York Sun 

  Over vehement opposition from the banking and mortgage lending industries, Governor Paterson and legislative leaders are moving closer to an agreement on legislation that will make foreclosing on homes more ...

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• Hundreds of Long Island Homeowners Seek Foreclosure Relief

  Thursday Jun 19 | via Three Village Times 

  More than 300 Long Island homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure had their loans reviewed by bank and mortgage servicing company representatives last Saturday, during a forum hosted by Senator Craig M. ...

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Regional Headlines

• Bad economy means good business for repo men

  Friday | via Thehour.com 

  BRIDGEPORTAssociated PressThis is what it looks like when a gilded age turns to brass: the boats, motor homes and expensive cars bought during the good times are turned over to the repo men in favor of paying ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, New York Government, New York, Connecticut, Connecticut Government, Foreclosures

• Buffalo area tops for job growth

  Friday | via Buffalo News 

  Where was the New York State metro area with the hottest job growth in June? Would you believe Buffalo Niagara? While the region's job market was more tepid than scorching hot, the area still managed to add ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, New York, State University of New York System, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro, Buffalo (State University of New York System), Allegany County, NY

• Politics is Everyone's Business

  Friday | via Rome Observer 

  The empire strikes back Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is flanked by Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous, R-52 Binghamton and Senator Joseph Griffo, R-47. Griffo invited his fellow Republicans to tour the ...

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• Your News Dissector Goes To Washington: NACA Helping Home Owners Big Time

  Friday | via News Dissector's Weblog 

  I arrived in our super hot Capital City to attend NACA's anti-foreclosure event at the Capital Hilton.

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• Economic role reversal

  Thursday | via The Telegraph 

  German broker Dirk Mueller at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Washington, July 17: The global slowdown stemming in part from the deepening US financial crisis is hitting the world's richest nations the hardest ...

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Housing, New York, York (Pennsylvania State University System)

National Headlines

• Obama on Afghanistan...Paulson on banks...Storm update...

  12 hrs ago | via KXMB-TV Bismarck 

  Obama on Afghanistan...Paulson on banks...Storm update KABUL, Afghanistan Barack Obama says the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida. Among other things, the ...

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• Brown pledges aid to Palestinians, calls for settlement freeze

  13 min ago | via The Daily Star 

  OCCUPIED BETHLEHEM: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday pledged new aid to the Palestinians and called for a freeze on Israeli settlement building to bolster the Middle East peace process.

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• Words from the

  18 min ago | via Safehaven 

  "The end is neigh" was what many despondent investors were starting to believe as the past week kicked off with volatile trading amid concerns that US regional bank IndyMac's demise was a harbinger of many more ...

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  Related Topix: Freddie Mac, Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

• Treasury Chief Sees 'Months' of Hard Times

  22 min ago | via ABC News 

  The Associated Press 2 comments 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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• US Treasury Secretary: Economic Fundamentals are Sound

  24 min ago | via Voice of America 

  The Bush administration says the U.S. economy will continue to experience slow growth in the months ahead, but is fundamentally sound.

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