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Housing regulator argues for debt forgiveness

Head of the Federal Housing Finance agency says it may be cheaper for lenders to forgive some distressed mortgage debt than to postpone payments

Fed to fine Morgan Stanley over home loans

US bank becomes the latest to be ensnared by so-called robosigning scandal, drawing wrath of Federal Reserve

Agency weighs in on US housing debt cases

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has argued that debtors wishing to rescind home mortgages based on faulty disclosures need only provide written notice

Banks overbid in home foreclosure auctions

Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland has found that US banks are systematically overvaluing some houses they foreclose on

City counts cost of housing market crash

In the good years, Stockton in California promised benefits to its workers and good services to its citizens. But its revenue has plummeted

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Housing policy is holding back America’s recovery

Rarely in the annals of American administrations has one president encountered so much stubbornness from one regulator, writes Edward Luce

Obama’s latest housing plan

There are two ways of reading any White House proposal: on its merits, and by the politics. Struggling homeowners are pawns in election campaign

Streets behind

The US property market remains resistant to attempts to revive it, intensifying concern about the country’s struggling recovery

US housing crisis

Obama is still reluctant to address the scale of a problem that is an obstacle to the country’s economic recovery

US economy: A market on the move

An acceleration in the writing down of bad loans left over from the credit bubble is raising hopes of a widely beneficial housing recovery – as shown by the tale of one family home in Florida. By Dan McCrum and Michael MacKenzie

US taxpayers lose over banks deal 

As details of the $40bn foreclosure abuse agreement dribble out, it appears the deal may give big banks reason to celebrate and mortgage bond investors and taxpayers reason to pause

US mortgage rates

Part of the rationale for Operation Twist is to milk the downward trend further, but few people have asked what happens when rates stop or reverse, as they must

Suing the banks

Those who made the mortgage mess are to be sued for their failure to inform buyers of the underlying assets

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