August 28, 2008 U.S. thrifts $5.4 billion in red (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) WASHINGTON -- U.S. thrifts lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter and set aside a record amount to cover losses from bad mortgages and other loans, the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision said Wednesday.... August 28, 2008 Glenn Lansing, WWII vet, ex-Port official (Seattle Times) Glenn Lansing, of Bellevue, a former Port of Seattle official who died Aug. 20 at age 88, was an early environmentalist and a navy man, far from the prototypical businessman.... August 28, 2008 Pearlstein: The Growing Income Gap (Washington Post) Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein was online Wednesday, August 27 at noon ET to discuss how the presidential campaign is addressing growing income inequality and the stagnation of middle class income.... August 27, 2008 US thrifts 2Q loss of $5.4B is second largest ever (Washington Post) WASHINGTON -- U.S. thrifts lost $5.4 billion in the second quarter and set aside a record amount to cover losses from bad mortgages and other loans.... August 27, 2008 ZipRealty Quarterly Housing Market Index Highlights Year-Over-Year Inventory Levels, Price Reductions and "Hot and ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) The number of homes listed for sale in 18 major metropolitan markets across the U.S., as well as the number of homes that include a price reduction, rose six percent from June 2007 to June 2008, according to the national real estate brokerage ZipRealty (www.ziprealty.com).... August 27, 2008 US thrifts second quarter loss of US$5.4B is second largest ever (The Star) Like banks, thrifts are being closely examined by federal inspectors for signs of heavy exposure to declining markets or troubled areas such as construction and real estate loans.... August 27, 2008 NW Briefs | Seattle U. women's hoops to play nine Division I road games (Seattle Times) Seattle University women's basketball released Tuesday its 2008-09 schedule, which features nine games on the road against Division I schools...... August 26, 2008 Seattle home sales drop (Seattle Times) Seattle and Portland were among the top 10 metro areas in the nation with the most pronounced drop in home sales last month compared with July 2007, according to The Associated Press-Re/Max Monthly Housing Report, which analyzed all home sales recorded by all local agents.... August 22, 2008 Extendicare REIT Acknowledges Washington Class Action Lawsuit (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust today acknowledges a class action lawsuit was filed on August 21, 2008 against Extendicare Homes, Inc. and Fir Lane Terrace Convalescent Center, Inc., two wholly-owned U.S. based subsidiaries of Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust, in Washington state court in Seattle.... August 22, 2008 Roost.com Enhances Online Real Estate Search Coverage With Addition of San Francisco and Seattle (Centre Daily Times) Roost, Inc. (www.roost.com), the fastest, most comprehensive search engine for finding your dream home, today announced the launch of its service in San Francisco and Seattle, two of the nation's most desirable and dynamic real estate markets. The addition of these new listings gives local home buyers the most accurate and up-to-date listings of single-family homes, new construction and for ......

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