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US economy: The recovery that wasn't
We have an anaemic recovery at best. » read moreKeywords: world news united states market housing economic Date: 09-04-2010
US jobs market still reeling long after financial crisis
Markets eagerly awaiting the latest US non-farm payroll data today amid fears of a double dip recession in the world's largest economy Fresh evidence of the stuttering nature of America's recovery from its deepest postwar recession will be provided by the labour department in Washington today when it reveals the latest figures for job creation in the world's biggest economy. » read moreKeywords: world news us unemployment and employment data economic labour market Date: 09-03-2010
Banks to allow local groups to buy foreclosures
By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:22 am Major banks are agreeing to give local governments and nonprofit groups the ability to buy foreclosed homes before they are sold to private investors. » read moreKeywords: homes before private investors foreclosed homes nonprofit groups local governments Date: 09-01-2010
Home prices rise in 17 cities in June
By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:51 am Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying. » read moreKeywords: prices credits inspired straight month third straight Date: 08-31-2010
US homeowners flock to Florida event in desperate bid to save properties
More than 20,000 American mortgagees to hit Palm Beach as Naca's five-day mortgage modification marathon gets under way In the pre-dawn darkness of a steamy night of sub-tropical rain, a queue of anxious, soggy people snakes around the palm trees outside a cavernous Florida convention centre. » read moreKeywords: world news us housing and sub-prime crisis mortgage property housing Date: 08-30-2010
The Alvin Greene manifesto for a fairer America
I want to represent South Carolina because I know millionaire senators in Washington do not serve hardworking Americans Recently, the millionaires' club known as the US senate voted to cut off unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. » read moreKeywords: world news us politics servant senate carolina Date: 08-27-2010
Scarcity of jobs puts more at risk of foreclosure
By ALAN ZIBEL and CHRISTOPHER S. » read moreKeywords: their homes losing their Date: 08-26-2010
One in 10 with a mortgage face foreclosure
By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:43 am One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis. » read moreKeywords: housing crisis impact stemming little impact american households Date: 08-26-2010
Low prices and rates can't slow fall in home sales
By ALAN ZIBEL and J. » read moreKeywords: houses across nation sitting rates haven mortgage rates scream bargain Date: 08-24-2010
Re-defaults on modified mortgage loans falling
By MARK JEWELL | Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:44 pm Homeowners who had mortgages modified recently are faring better than those who did so earlier in the housing crisis, according to a report released Tuesday, possibly debunking predictions of a huge wave of defaults to come. » read moreKeywords: released tuesday tuesday possibly possibly debunking debunking predictions report released Date: 08-24-2010
Nearly 50 percent leave Obama mortgage-aid program
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted: Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:49 am Nearly half of the 1. » read moreKeywords: relief program mortgage relief flagship mortgage obama administration million homeowners Date: 08-24-2010
Borrowers exit troubled Obama mortgage program
By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Monday, June 21, 2010 7:09 pm The Obama administration's flagship effort to help people in danger of losing their homes is falling flat. » read moreKeywords: their homes losing their flagship effort obama administration Date: 06-21-2010
Feds announce arrests in mortgage fraud crackdown
By KEN RITTER | Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:23 pm Some 500 people have been arrested in a nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud, and federal officials pointed to Las Vegas as one of the centers of the scams that pumped up home prices until the housing market bubble finally burst. » read moreKeywords: prices until officials pointed federal officials mortgage fraud nationwide crackdown Date: 06-18-2010
Citi, Fannie, Freddie offer Gulf mortgage relief
Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:08 pm Homeowners in areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the BP oil spill can get mortgage relief from Citigroup Inc. » read moreKeywords: mortgage mortgage purchasers purchasers fannie sponsored mortgage government sponsored Date: 06-18-2010
Bank of America to pay borrowers $108 million
By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Monday, June 7, 2010 2:26 pm Bank of America will pay $108 million to settle federal charges that Countrywide Financial Corp. » read moreKeywords: borrowers facing facing foreclosure collected outsized acquired nearly federal charges Date: 06-08-2010
Tax credits fuel 6 pct. rise in April home sales
By ALAN ZIBEL | Posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 10:09 am A rush of homebuyers aiming to meet a deadline to qualify for a federal tax credit pushed the number of signed sales contracts to the highest level since October. » read moreKeywords: level since since october highest level sales contracts credit pushed Date: 06-04-2010
Rising foreclosures hit Utah's high-end neighborhoods
Draper » By all standards, Manilla Drive has the trappings of success: new, expansive homes with three-car garages, gourmet kitchens, fancy landscaping. » read moreKeywords: salt lake city utah mountain states united states gourmet kitchens Date: 05-24-2010
Crisis makes RealtyTrac 'go-to' company
In a partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune , RealtyTrac provided more than 44,000 address-level records on foreclosures in Utah from July 2008 through March 2010 on the condition that no personal information in the records be published. » read moreKeywords: salt lake city utah mountain states united states records Date: 05-24-2010
Foreclosures victimize renters unaware they have rights
Last October, renter Crystal Bateman found a notice tacked to the door of her Tooele condominium. » read moreKeywords: salt lake city utah mountain states united states notice tacked Date: 05-24-2010
Bankers survey shows signs of rebounding economy
Posted: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:13 pm A survey of rural bankers in 10 Midwest and Plains states released Thursday showed signs of a rebounding economy. » read moreKeywords: south dakota midwest united states showed signs rebounding economy Date: 05-24-2010
Foreclosures on land pushing prices back to 2003 levels
Banks aren’t shying away from taking back land from owners defaulting on their payments and that in turn is driving Southern Nevada land prices to their lowest level in seven years. » read moreKeywords: business las vegas nv south west united states Date: 05-24-2010
UK election: Best bet is that history will be made
By PAISLEY DODDS and DAVID STRINGER | Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:09 pm Polls in Britain's razor-edge election opened early Thursday _ in a race that is likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways. » read moreKeywords: world news early thursday opened early election opened Date: 05-06-2010
Foreclosures Up 31 Percent In Minn.
A new report released Tuesday shows a sharp increase in the number of home foreclosures in Minnesota during the first quarter. » read moreKeywords: minneapolis minnesota upper midwest united states minnesota during Date: 05-06-2010
Foreclosures hit 6,560 rental buildings
Tenants living in almost 21,000 apartments were affected, report says More than 125 apartment buildings in Chicago on average went into foreclosure each week of 2009, affecting tenants living in almost 21,000 rental units, according to a new report. » read moreKeywords: business news chicago chicago illinois midwest united states Date: 05-06-2010
Foreclosures rise in first quarter of 2010
Foreclosures in Minnesota and in Olmsted County rose in the first quarter of 2010 over the first quarter of 2009, according to HousingLink, an affordable housing advocacy group » read moreKeywords: minnesota business rochester minnesota upper midwest united states Date: 05-06-2010
Homebuyers rush to take advantage of tax credits
By ALAN ZIBEL and ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:51 pm Real estate agents are working seven days a week, builders are staying open late and homebuyers are scrambling to get their offers in as they rush to take advantage of tax credits that expire at midnight Friday. » read moreKeywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 04-30-2010
Loan registry raises legal questions
A small real estate data-management company is the focus of a widening legal controversy that could affect millions of U. » read moreKeywords: salt lake city utah mountain states united states thousands filed Date: 04-25-2010
Experts: Arizona years away from economic recovery
Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:03 pm Experts say Arizona is still three to four years away from a full economic recovery. » read moreKeywords: arizona south west united states economic recovery still three Date: 04-25-2010
HOUSING: No investors allowed at this foreclosure auction
Inland Empire property sale for first-timers only By ERIC WOLFF - ewolff@nctimes. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news convention center riverside convention Date: 04-25-2010
Administration trims bailout cost estimate to $87B
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted: Friday, April 23, 2010 4:51 pm Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling Congress that the administration believes the final cost of the government's heavily criticized financial bailout effort could be as low as $87 billion. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news criticized financial financial bailout Date: 04-25-2010
March housing starts post highest level in over a year
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer | Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:21 am WASHINGTON | Housing construction posted a better-than-expected performance in March, rising to the highest level in 16 months on the strength of multi-family homes. » read moreKeywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 04-17-2010
California Legislature approves tax break for people in foreclosures, short sales
The measure, which is expected to be signed by Gov. » read moreKeywords: california politics los angeles california west united states Date: 04-10-2010
Gov't unveils plan to shrink some home loans
By ALAN ZIBEL AP Real Estate Writer | Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:38 am WASHINGTON | Under pressure to stem the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration launched a plan Friday to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans and give jobless homeowners a temporary break. » read moreKeywords: us news nationwide news nation united states united states Date: 04-09-2010
ECONOMY: Bernanke: Housing, jobs biggest economic hurdles
By JEANNINE AVERSA - Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 10:39 pm WASHINGTON ---- Problems in the housing market and high unemployment are the biggest economic challenges the nation faces, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news faces federal federal reserve Date: 04-08-2010
Texas lawmakers hear testimony on homeowners associations
State lawmakers are looking into the current law pertaining to foreclosures by homeowners associations and met Wednesday on the campus of Texas Southern University for a public hearing on the matter. » read moreKeywords: houston local news houston texas south united states Date: 04-07-2010
Baltimore city revives suit against Wells Fargo
New complaint sites specific damage to the city resulting from foreclosures Lawyers for the city of Baltimore have prepared a new complaint in their reverse-redlining lawsuit against Wells Fargo, which alleges that the bank steered black borrowers into subprime loans and then foreclosed on hundreds of city houses, leading to blight and high public safety costs in low-income neighborhoods. » read moreKeywords: baltimore maryland mid-atlantic united states complaint Date: 04-07-2010
Bernanke: Housing, jobs biggest economic hurdles
By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 1:21 pm Problems in the housing market and high unemployment are the biggest economic challenges the nation faces, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news federal reserve reserve chairman Date: 04-07-2010
Tax Credit Boosting Vegas Home Sales
Families and investors are diving into the Las Vegas home market head first, hoping to scoop up the record number of foreclosures and short sales before a federal tax credit expires April 30. » read moreKeywords: las vegas south west united states credit expires expires april Date: 04-07-2010
Fed keeps eyes out for speculative bubbles
By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:24 pm Federal Reserve officials at their March meeting stressed the need to make sure record-low interest rates don't feed new speculative bubbles in stocks or other assets. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news interest rates speculative bubbles Date: 04-06-2010
Short Sale Incentives to Curb Foreclosures
New short sale incentives were put in place Monday, designed to cut down on foreclosure rates in the US. » read moreKeywords: atlanta georgia south east united states local news Date: 04-05-2010
Some want to pull the plug on California's climate law
Mandatory emission cuts deemed too costly in poor economy By SAMANTHA YOUNG - Associated Press | Posted: Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:45 pm SACRAMENTO ---- Four years ago, California earned accolades for adopting a law that would slash its greenhouse gas emissions and serve as a model for national climate change legislation. » read moreKeywords: california west united states climate change change legislation Date: 04-05-2010
HOUSING: Federal help for short sales starts Monday
Administration tries again to get struggling owners out of trouble By ERIC WOLFF - ewolff@nctimes. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news great recession mortgage crisis Date: 04-04-2010
Home Prices: Will hidden foreclosures reduce prices?
Houston Realtors call it the shadow inventory: foreclosed homes they said are not being put on the market. » read moreKeywords: houston local news houston texas south united states Date: 04-02-2010
Deadline looms to use federal foreclosure money
By TAMARA LUSH | Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:11 pm With a use-it-or-lose-it deadline just months away, communities have spent less than half of $4 billion available under a federal program to redevelop abandoned and foreclosed properties. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news foreclosed properties redevelop abandoned Date: 04-01-2010
Construction spending at lowest point since 2002
By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted: Thursday, April 1, 2010 8:35 am Builders cut back on new projects at a faster-than-expected pace in February and drove down construction spending to the lowest level in eight years. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news eight years lowest level Date: 04-01-2010
Minn. Study Finds Sharp Increase In Homelessness
A new study says homelessness in Minnesota has risen sharply as unemployment and foreclosures have forced people out of permanent housing. » read moreKeywords: minneapolis minnesota upper midwest united states permanent housing Date: 03-31-2010
California rebound boosts 20-city home price index
By ALAN ZIBEL and ALEX VEIGA | Posted: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:33 pm A surprisingly strong rebound in California's real estate market helped lift a key home price index for the eighth month in a row. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news price index eighth month Date: 03-31-2010
S.C. to get millions for mortgage relief
WASHINGTON - South Carolina and North Carolina were among five states chosen Monday to receive tens of millions of dollars in new federal funds to help homeowners stay in their dwellings. » read moreKeywords: south carolina south east united states carolina million Date: 03-30-2010
Ka-ching! Shoppers keep registers humming
By JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:55 pm Confidence is growing that the economic recovery won't fizzle out. » read moreKeywords: business economics business-news economic gains ahead Date: 03-30-2010
Harlem complains of white influx
For much of the last century Harlem was the heart of the black community, but now some locals fear that whites and Hispanics are invading their turf There was a time when the sight of Sandra Schulze's blond hair in the middle of Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park would have been a shock. » read moreKeywords: world news new york harlem neighbourhood people Date: 03-28-2010
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Many desperate Pakistanis still wait for flood aid
By RAVI NESSMAN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 5:31 pm Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be. » read moreKeywords: world news island where created island newly created abdul rehman Date: 09-05-2010
Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums
Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 5:15 pm Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday. » read moreKeywords: world news trade authorities possibly linked drums stuffed Date: 09-05-2010
'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong
By PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 3:24 pm Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong. » read moreKeywords: world news trapped miners covered andes rugby players former rugby Date: 09-05-2010
Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies
By JAMEY KEATEN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:44 pm Thousands of people marched in Paris and around France on Saturday to protest expulsions of Gypsies and other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. » read moreKeywords: world news president nicolas nicolas sarkozy measures adopted security measures Date: 09-05-2010
Robbers burn clothing store, 6 die in Barbados
Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 12:41 pm Robbers set a clothing store ablaze, killing at least six people in the normally peaceful capital of Barbados, police said Saturday. » read moreKeywords: world news peaceful capital barbados police normally peaceful ablaze killing Date: 09-05-2010