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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

• Bank leaders meet on fuel loans

  Yesterday | via Rutland Herald 

  Representatives of 16 of the 21 banks in the state met this week to talk about how to respond to requests for loans from homeowners and fuel dealers in the face of skyrocketing fuel oil costs.

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  Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Vermont, Vermont Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Bernard Sanders

• Officials say state banks remain safe

  Monday Jul 21 | via The Brattleboro Reformer 

  While the financial news has been dominated lately by home foreclosures and banking turmoil, officials in Vermont say there is no need to panic or start a new financial approach by stuffing dollars under a ...

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• My Turn: The real 'cost' of Rep. Kitzmiller

  Friday Jul 11 | via BurlingtonFreePress.com 

  In a recent e-mail to his constituents, Rep. Warren Kitzmiller wrote about workers' compensation insurance, 'Many in the business community were disappointed that I refused to slash benefits , but I think the ...

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• Selling Fully Furnished

  Thursday Jul 10 | via Hartford Courant 

  Ralph and Catherine DeLeo have spent the past 10 years traveling around the world and, along the way, buying items to furnish their Southbury home.

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• Real Estate Market 2008

  Monday Jul 7 | via VermontGuides.com 

  "Today's market is very different from where it was 10 years ago, when clients came to brokers for the information because they couldn't get it anywhere else.

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National Headlines

• Downtown Sacramento Real Estate Market Report

  3 min ago | via Sacramento Real Estate Blog 

  Real estate in Downtown Sacramento continued to command top dollar in May, with sold price per square foot running more than twice as high as the county-wide average, though this year's crop of homes was much ...

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  Related Topix: Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro, Foreclosures, Events

• 15-Year Mortgage or a 30-Year Mortgage?

  3 min ago | via About.com 

  The traditional 30-year mortgage has become the standard method of borrowing for most people, but the 15-year mortgage is still a viable solution for many people.

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• Housing rescue bill heads to Bush for signature

  3 min ago | via KCBY-TV Coos Bay 

  Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy.

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  Related Topix: George Bush, Foreclosures, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Home, Mortgage

• Gregg, Sununu vote for housing bill

  4 min ago | via The Boston Globe 

  Sens. John Sununu and Judd Gregg were on the winning side Saturday as the Senate approved a plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to save mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac .

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

• How they voted: Senate roll call on housing bill

  4 min ago | via Times Leader 

  The 72-13 roll call Saturday by which the Senate passed a bill that aims to help homeowners facing foreclosure and to prevent mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from failing.

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