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Obama Housing Rescue Threatened by Foreclosures, Unemployment

Bloomberg.com 
President Barack Obama’s efforts to bolster the U.S. housing market, the trigger of the worst recession since the 1930s, may be undone by record unemployment and repossessions by lenders, ...

How Will Foreclosure Effect Credit Scores?

Realtor.com 
The amount of damage to a credit score caused by foreclosure, deed in lieu or a short sale during 2008 and 2009 may be mitigated by the slower economic times, say some credit and legal experts, ...

Signs of life in California real estate

CNN Money
There's is a lot of activity out on the coast that may indicate a reawakening of the housing market there - and across the country...

'Shadow' Supply Of Foreclosures May Delay Housing's Recovery

Investor's Business Daily
BY KATHLEEN DOLER Even as a few rays of hope peek out for housing, a dark cloud of unlisted and unsold foreclosed homes threatens to further delay a ...

Business expansion, city revitalization stymied

Freep.com 
Michigan's economy is in the midst of another crisis, one that doesn't generate many headlines but is just as threatening, ...

3 Words Might Keep Your Home Out Of Foreclosure

MSNBC 
Ultimately, if the bank can't provide the proof, then there may not be a foreclosure. The judge may throw it out of court. At the very least, ...
CBS: 60 Minutes: "The Next Mortgage Meltdown"
CBS 60 Minutes
A second mortgage disaster on the horizon?...

US Sets Big Incentives to Head Off Foreclosures

New York Times 
Administration officials estimate that the plan will help as many as four million people avoid foreclosure, at a cost to taxpayers of about $75 billion. ...
Economy Falling Years Behind Full Speed
The New York Times
As the recession grinds on, more and more of the nation’s means of production — its workers, its factories, its retail outlets, its freight lines, its bank lending, even its new inventions — are being mothballed, ...
The Truth Behind 'Short' Refinancing
FOX Business-
If homeowners facing foreclosure could get the bank to refinance their homes at their current values, they could keep their houses...
Don't let 'zombie debt' come back to haunt you
Examiner.com -
Even if you've had debt forgiven through a foreclosure or a "short sale," debt collectors can still try to get you to pay up - even though you have no legal ...
Homeowners Come Up Empty in Bailout
The Washington Independent, DC -
As foreclosures mount, the bill’s provision calling for more loan modifications will have only a modest effect, considering that subprime mortgages have ...
"Short sales" not easy transactions
Seattle Times, United States -
Short sales are a financial tactic that appears only in real-estate downturns. Such sales are supposed to be a win-win that gets the seller. ...