As part of a broad effort to boost participation in its mortgage assistance program, the Obama administration will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure. ...more

December 1, 2009

The Obama administration will crack down on mortgage companies that are failing to do enough to help borrowers at risk of foreclosure, as part of a broad effort to boost participation in its mortgage assistance program. ...more

November 30, 2009

Here's a radical notion: Let's rethink the cult of homeownership in America. Why, a sensible person might ask, do we need to do this when millions of homeowners faced foreclosure in the last year alone, and an estimated 15 million more own homes worth less than their mortgages? Clearly, one might conclude, the bloom is already off the homeownership rose. ...more

November 29, 2009

A rising number of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. ...more

November 20, 2009

even some that appear successful - are teetering on foreclosure. ...more

November 13, 2009

After a slow start, the Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says. ...more

November 10, 2009

Consumers may not realize it, but shopping centers throughout the Bay area - even some that appear successful - are teetering on foreclosure. ...more

November 8, 2009

CB Richard Ellis, the world's largest commercial real estate firm, is launching a new division to concentrate on receivership for commercial properties. ...more

November 6, 2009

Productivity rises as jobless claims fall Productivity rose at an annual rate of 9.5 percent in the July-September quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday. That was much better than the 6.4 percent gain economists had expected. Unit labor costs fell at a 5.2 percent rate. ...more

November 6, 2009

When homeowners vanish amid a foreclosure, neighbors can be left with eyesores: unruly lawns scattered with debris and mold growing on homes and driveways. ...more

November 3, 2009