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Gov. Gavin Newsom Expedites Temporary Housing For Residents In Areas Struck By LA Wildfires
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The Federal Housing Administration, facing a $16.3 billion deficit, will increase mortgage fees next year and take other steps in an effort to avoid a taxpayer bailout, the Obama administration said on Friday. New York Warns Wells Fargo About Sandy Mortgage Delays
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday warned Wells Fargo & Co that the U.S. bank's policy to delay mortgage modification decisions in states affected by Hurricane Sandy likely violates a national mortgage settlement. Bernanke: Housing Not Yet Out of the Woods
The improving housing market is "far from being out of the woods," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday, arguing that overly tight lending standards are part of the problem. Spain Suspends Home Evictions for Most Needy
Spain approved measures on Thursday to help the most needy families facing eviction, a growing problem in the recession-bound nation highlighted last week by the suicide of a woman whose home bailiffs came to seize. COLUMN: After Sandy Do You Still Want a Beach House?
The scenes rolling in from the New Jersey shore are devastating, and not just to the people whose homes were destroyed. Also damaged are the "retire with a water view" dreams of others who had aspired to vacation property and may have been thinking about beach real estate - until they saw what a storm like Sandy can do. Bank of Ireland Raises 1 Billion EUR in 'Milestone' Issue
Bank of Ireland on Tuesday raised 1 billion euros ($1.27 billion) in its most significant bond issue in over three years, a move the country's finance minister described as a milestone for Ireland's battered banking sector. Home Depot View Up as Housing Heals, Sandy Lift Looms
Home Depot Inc raised its full-year outlook on Tuesday, even before considering any future sales lift from superstorm Sandy, as the retailer benefited from a recent uptick in the U.S. housing market. Deutsche Bank Loses Bid to End U.S. Mortgage Lawsuit
A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Deutsche Bank AG's bid to dismiss a federal regulator's lawsuit accusing it of misleading Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into buying billions of dollars of risky mortgage debt. AIG Keen to Sell Bank, Expand Mortgages
American International Group Inc is planning to sell its savings and loan business as soon as a federal panel labels the insurance giant "too big to fail," its chief executive said on Monday. Spain's Promises to Spare Needy From Eviction After Suicides
Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos promised on Monday that no needy family will go homeless over mortgage arrears, responding to public fury at a homeowner's suicide as she was being evicted.
