3 hrs ago | Montana Standard
Democrats: Obama needs hands-on economic approach
Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country.
7 hrs ago | WQXI-AM Atlanta
Feds nix plan to sell Detroit houses tied to drugs
Federal prosecutors twice pursued a former autoworker suspected of running a multimillion-dollar drug operation.
11 hrs ago | KSDK NewsChannel 5
Bernanke: more action needed to cut foreclosures
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government Thursday to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures, which are feeding into the country's deep economic troubles.
15 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate
With the number of foreclosures in Jacksonville on the rise, some people look to auctions to buy foreclosed properties at a discount
19 hrs ago | North County Times
Couples staying together because of poor economy
Running into your ex is almost always awkward and stressful. David Snyder and Nancy Partridge deal with it nearly every day.
Paulson Softening Stance on Foreclosure Relief
If the rumors are true, it looks as if alleged back-room battles with Federal Desposit Insurance Corp.
Miami activist moves people into foreclosed houses
Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. "All tile floor!" he says during a recent showing.
Fla. lenders halt new foreclosures for 45 days
Two groups of Florida lenders will voluntarily agree not to file new foreclosure petitions on primary homes for the next 45 days.
Construction Spending Drops By More Than Expected
Construction spending fell by a larger-than-expected amount in October, another indication that problems facing the builders of homes, hotels and other projects are deepening and likely to persist.
Bank Lobbyists Had Big Role In Fallout
An Associated Press review of regulatory documents finds that the George W. Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed.
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Ap Impact: Us diluted loan rules before crash
The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents.
'Expect fallout, expect foreclosures, expect horror stories,' California mortgage lender Paris Welch wrote to U.S. regulators in January 2006, about one year before the housing implosion cost her a job.
Give Bankruptcy Judges the Power to Alter Mortgages
I watched a middle-aged widow lose her home recently. Her story was familiar. She owned her simple brick residence outright until four years ago, when a mortgage broker stopped by and offered her a loan too ...
Palm Beach owed nearly $2 million in charges
The town is owed nearly $2 million in delinquent charges for code enforcement penalties, parking violations and emergency medical response.
Foreclosure Could Leave Duluth With $500K Debt
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$1 Dollar Donations Save Home From Foreclosure
An Aberdeen family said on Sunday that they received enough donations to forestall foreclosure proceedings on their home.
States look to Fed for budget help
With Florida foreclosures skyrocketing and unemployment rising above the national average, lawmakers are scrambling to plug a $2 billion budget hole as the economy continues to spiral.
Thomas Elias: California's bond mania continues
If you think this year's state budget struggles have been long-running and difficult, with plenty of sacrifices in store for almost all Californians, just wait 'til next year, which begins in about a month.
Taking Another Stab at Foreclosure Moratorium
An assemblyman from the South Bay says he will try again to get the California Legislature to approve a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures, a plan backed by the governor but strongly opposed by the state's ...
Civil rights suit filed in subprime meltdown
In what is apparently the first legal action of its kind, an association of community-based organizations has filed a federal civil rights complaint against two of the three largest Wall Street ratings ...
Solano County foreclosure rate slowing
Solano County's per-household foreclosure rate may be slowing but it remains worse than nearly anywhere else in the nation, according to a newly released survey.