The "Mortgagegate" Scandal: Congratulations America, You're Now in the Title-Insurance Business

U.S. taxpayers already own pieces of such problem-plagued companies as General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC, American International Group Inc. (NYSE:...

Question of the Week: Mortgagegate Makes Investors Wary of U.S. Banking Industry

A potentially crippling crisis is flashing through the banking industry and threatening to derail the already struggling housing market and U.S....

We Want to Hear From You: Will "Mortgagegate" Affect You?

A potentially crippling crisis is flashing through the banking industry and threatening to derail the already struggling housing market and U.S....

What You Don't Know about "Mortgagegate" Could Crush the U.S. Banking System

What most Americans don't know about " Mortgagegate" is that "robo-signing" of foreclosure documents is the tip of the iceberg.

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Foreclosures Continue to Stymie Housing Recovery

Banks seized more homes in August than in any month since the housing bubble burst in 2007, even as the number of homes entering the foreclosure...

Moribund Housing Market Threatens to Kill Economic Recovery

The weak housing market, which has traditionally led the U.S. economy out of recent recessions, this time may put an end to the economic...

A Helpless Housing Market Keeps Fannie and Freddie in Limbo

Mortgage-industry industry leaders will attend a summit with government officials today (Tuesday) to discuss how to reform Fannie Mae (NYSE:

Taxpayers' $3.7 Trillion Bailout Hasn't Saved the U.S. Housing Market

The amount of taxpayer dollars directed at the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) continues to grow but with little economic progress being made,...

Housing Market Wobbling without Tax Credit Crutch

The housing market has struggled to rebuild since its 2007 collapse, and its recovery is on even shakier ground now that a tax credit for first-time...

Are You Worried About Stocks? The U.S. Housing Market Should Be Your Real Concern

According to the latest reports on the U.S. housing market, the 96,400 homes hit with default notices last month were 7% less than in April and 22%...

Money Morning Mailbag: Are We Headed for Over-Regulation?

As U.S. financial reform continues to be the focus of controversy and debate throughout the nation, it seems as if the same questions arise again and...

Fed Plan to End Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchase Program Brings Market Anxiety

Anxiety surrounds Tuesday's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as the central bank's year-long mortgage-backed securities (MBS) purchase...

Foreclosures Dropped in February, Helped by Rescue Programs and Poor Weather

U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for the second straight month in February and posted the smallest annual increase in four years as...

Epitaph For the ARM: Is the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Finally Dead?

[Editor's Note: This analysis of the adjustable-rate-mortgage (ARM) market is part of a two-story package on the U.S. mortgage...

Home Depot and Lowe's Laying the Foundation for Recovery with Little Help From the Housing Market

The housing market that was at the epicenter of the financial crisis has yet to approach a full-fledged recovery, but that hasn't stopped the...

Warning: This is Not Another Wall Street Conspiracy Theory, These are the Facts

Just last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to directly pay...

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