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Home Bancorp shares climb 11 percent on news of takeover

was shut down by the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions Friday night, in part because of significant losses in loans to real estate developers.

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15Mar2010 | NOLA.com | Continued
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Prolific real estate developer Robert ‘Buddy’ Tudor Jr. dies

By Bob Tompkins • btompkins@thetowntalk.com • March 15, 2010 Contractor and real estate developer Robert B. “Buddy” Tudor Jr., a third-generation owner of

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15Mar2010 | Alexandria Town Talk | Continued
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Deaths

WEST MONROE — Carol Briley Butler, a retired co-owner of Butler Real Estate, died Friday. Services will be at 10 am Monday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in

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15Mar2010 | Monroe News Star | Continued
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Get funding when considering home ownership

Often the cost of real estate financing is routinely greater than the original purchase price of a home (after including interest and closing costs).

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14Mar2010 | The Daily Advertiser | Continued
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Deaths

Carol Briley Butler of West Monroe, retired co-owner of Butler Real Estate, died Friday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Kilpatrick

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13Mar2010 | Monroe News Star | Continued
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Home Bank acquires Covington-based Statewide Bank

The loss sharing agreement between the FDIC and Home Bank covers substantially all acquired loans and foreclosed real estate. As a result of the transaction

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12Mar2010 | The Daily Advertiser | Continued
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Statewide Bank becomes Louisiana’s first bank failure in nine years

“Basically, the bank experienced significant losses in loans to real estate developers as well as in its commercial real estate loans,” said FDIC spokesman

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12Mar2010 | NOLA.com | Continued
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Lake Charles housing market

continues to experience set backs due to rising home foreclosures, but despite the problems, the Calcasieu Parish real estate market remains strong.

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12Mar2010 | KPLC-TV | Continued
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Home sales stay flat for 2010

Home sales in Lafayette remain flat so far in 2010, but real estate agents are confident the market will heat up during the spring and summer months.

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12Mar2010 | The Daily Advertiser | Continued
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VER: new home construction down 6%, resales up 2%

of this year are holding steady with last year, according to Van Eaton & Romero Realtors’ Acadiana Residential Real Estate Report, released Wednesday.

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11Mar2010 | The INDsider | Continued