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A Dream House After All (9/1/10)

New Policies Aim To Reduce Payday, Tax Refund Loan Dependency (8/31/10)

The Street girds for Warren as consumer czar (8/31/10)

GRCRC Wants Stronger CRA Regulations (8/27/10)

Home sales plunge 27 pct. to lowest in 15 years (8/24/10)

Reverse Mortgage Danger Signals (8/24/10)

NCLC Reports: Special Double Issue on Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill (July/Aug 2010)

Consumers Clamoring for a Leader (8/20/10)

As HUD Chief, Cuomo Earns a Mixed Score (8/23/10)

Now, the Rules (8/22/10)

Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say (8/22/10)

Federal Financial Institution Regulators Announce Availability of 2009
Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data (8/19/10)

OTS Guidance on Reverse Mortgage Products (8/16/10)

CRL comments on FHA risk management initiatives (8/16/10)

NCRC members ask Chairman Frank to work to move CRA modernization legislation forward (8/16/10)

Debts Rise, and Go Unpaid, as Bust Erodes Home Equity (8/11/10)

U.S. Plans More Aid for Jobless Homeowners (8/11/10)

Dodd, Frank at Odds Over Who Should Lead New Agency (8/11/10)

Wells Fargo loses consumer case over overdraft fees (8/10/10)

Rent-to-own law worries consumer advocates (8/9/10)

Fed Research Supports Mortgage Cram Downs (8/4/10) Report

Emergency Adoption of Part 419 of the Superintendent's Regulations (Servicing Mortgage Loans: Business Conduct Regulations) (As of Oct. 1, 2010)

20m Borrowers Could Be Underwater before 2012: Deutsche Bank (8/4/10)

Wells Fargo accused of predatory lending on mortgages (7/28/10)

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Title X, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (7/21/10)

Home foreclosures up in first half of the year (7/29/10)

Both sides weigh in on rent-to-own bill (7/29/10)

Cities struggling to spend federal money for foreclosed homes (7/28/10)

Consumer Regulator Beefs Up (7/28/10)

Inside Our Toxic Asset: An 81-Year-Old Man With A Dog Named Muffin (7/23/10)

Fight Over First Head Of Consumer Bureau Heats Up (7/23/10)

Grave Errors as Undead Rework Loans (7/23/10)

Four Letters Ease Housing Fears For Some: Rent (7/23/10)

GM Takes On Subprime Car Loans But It's Less Risky (7/22/10)

Mortgage Securities It Holds Pose Sticky Problem for Fed (7/22/10)

Federal Report Faults Banks on Huge Bonuses (7/22/10)

Zandi on Housing: ‘Stop Subsidizing Housing Industry with Tax Deductions’ (7/21/10)

Suburban Condo Projects Drive Up Foreclosures (7/21/10)

As Challenges Loom, Job Growth is Key to a Broader Housing Recovery
Harvard Releases The State of the Nation’s Housing 2010 (June 2010)

Comptroller Dugan Discusses Lessons from Financial Crisis (7/21/10)

Rochester-area anti-lead fighters honored (7/21/10)

Banks Seek to Keep Profits as New Oversight Rules Loom (7/15/10)

Debt Collection Abuses Widespread (7/15/10)

Financial Overhaul Signals Shift on Deregulation (7/15/10)

JPMorgan Chase Exceeds Forecasts (7/15/10)

After Crisis, Show of Power From JPMorgan (7/14/10)

New York Presses Banks on Foreclosures (7/13/10)

Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich (7/8/10)

FHFA Proposes Rule Clarifying Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Conservatorships (7/7/10)

Facts about new Federal Reserve overdraft rules for debit/ATM cards (6/22/10)

Agencies Propose to Expand Scope of Community Reinvestment Act Regulations to Encourage Depository Institution Support for HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program Activities (6/17/10) Comments due by July 26th

Consumer Agency's Path Will Be Set by First Chief  (7/6/10)

Economists Sound Housing Warning on Post-Stimulus Recovery (7/6/10)

National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Swells to 9.2% in May: LPS (7/6/10)

Financial reforms mean big changes (7/4/10)

Bank of America’s Servicer Sued In Texas For Abusing Homeowners with Misinformation, Misdirection (7/2/10)

Poverty levels out of sync with real cost of living, study says (7/1/10)

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO EXPANDS INVESTIGATION INTO MORTGAGE RESCUE COMPANIES THAT ABUSE HOMEOWNERS (6/28/10)

For a diverse Rochester, there are mountains left to climb (6/27/10)

Experts suggest paths to greater diversity in Rochester (6/27/10)

The Industry Laughs at Legal Aid’s Single Case Strategy (6/27/10)

Financial overhaul gets mixed reception (6/26/10)

As Tough Times Continue, the Poverty Business Is Booming (6/24/10)

Experian Acquires RentBureau(R) Multifamily Division (6/24/10)

Ruhi Maker: Lobbyists angling to weaken crucial financial reforms (6/25/10)

Study: Mortgage Credit Crunch Not Equal (6/24/10)

Empire Justice: Lending cut in low-income areas (6/24/10)

More Housing Incentives Needed? (6/24/10)

New Empire Justice Center Report Finds Dramatically Reduced Lending in Low-Income Neighborhoods and Communities of Color in Rochester (6/23/10)

Neighborhoods feel mortgage-credit crunch (6/23/10)

Auto Dealers Could Be Exempt From Proposed Regulator’s Oversight (6/22/10)

Banks Have Repaid 75% of Bailout, Geithner Says (6/22/10)

Battles in California Over Mortgages (6/21/10)

House, Senate reach tentative deal on debit cards (6/21/10)

Rein in wild debt collectors: Thousands of New Yorkers are being unfairly targeted (6/20/10)

Peddling Relief, Firms Put Debtors in Deeper Hole (6/18/10)

Squatters Taking Over Abandoned Homes in Florida (6/18/10)

CRA Public Hearings July/August 2010 (6/17/10) Hearings Notice

Bernanke: Financial Reform Could Limit Megabank Growth, But Won't End Too Big To Fail (6/18/10)

'Operation Stolen Dreams': DOJ Arrests Nearly 500 In Mortgage Fraud Crackdown (6/17/10)

Anatomy of a Foreclosure: A Second Look (6/17/10)

Housing Market Slows as Buyers Get Picky (6/16/10)

From A Previous GSE Critic: Return Fannie & Freddie To Public/Private Status (6/16/10)

CitiMortgage Announces Foreclosure Suspension Program to Help Distressed Homeowners in the Gulf of Mexico Region (6/16/10)

Giving In on Trading, Bankers Turn to Other Losses (6/14/10)

Frank Announces House Offer to Base Text on Private Funds, Credit Rating Agencies, Thrifts and Insurance (6/14/10)

Changes to the HMDA Disclosure Reports for 2009 (6/14/10)

House Passes Legislation to Help Homeowners, Reform Federal Housing Administration (6/10/10)

Pre-foreclosure Notices Helping New York State Target Outreach to Most At-risk Homeowners (6/10/10)

Wall Street reform conference begins with Dem-GOP bickering (6/10/10)

Summary of House-passed Provisions Included in Senate Wall Street Reform Base Text (6/10/10)

Turning Poverty Into A Multibillion-Dollar Industry (6/7/10)

Countrywide Settles Fee Complaint (6/7/10)

Florida Gov. Crist Vetoes Property Insurance Bill (6/1/10)

Owners Stop Paying Mortgages, and Stop Fretting (5/31/10)

Blacks in Memphis Lose Decades of Economic Gains (5/31/10)

Will That Be Cash? Or Big Bank Fees? (5/28/10)

Checkmate: A video investigation of check-cashing (posted 6/1/10)

DEBT BUYERS ABUSE THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO PREY ON
LOWER INCOME NEW YORKERS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (5/24/10)

Consumer credit card agreements from more than 300 credit card issuers are now online (5/24/10)

State of Metropolitan America (5/21/10)

TARP Money Not Trickling Down (5/20/10)

Factors Affecting the Financial Literacy of Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (May 2010)

Senate votes to end debate on Wall Street reform legislation (5/20/10)

Senate Fails to Advance Financial Reform Bill (5/19/10)

Mortgage Data Leaves Bankers Uncertain of Trend (5/19/10)

Investors Ease Strain on F.D.I.C. (5/19/10)

Decreased Access to Mortgage Credit in Rochester's Underserved Neighborhoods (5/14/10)

Senate Votes for a Clear Credit Score (5/17/10)

Is a new state law curbing home foreclosures? (5/14/10)

Report: Lending to Minorities Scaled Back Disproportionately (5/13/10)

Crisis Cut US Minority Mortgage Access: Study (5/13/10)

Study Finds TARP-Supported Banks Reduced Lending to Communities of Color Dramatically in Rochester, New York and Six Other Cities Across the Nation (5/13/10) Full report

White House fights back against Carper amendment to Wall Street reform bill (5/13/10)

Senate Votes to Exempt Qualified Mortgages from Risk Retention (5/13/10)

Senate Beats Back Efforts to Ease Regulation Bill (5/12/10)

Prosecutors Ask if 8 Banks Duped Rating Agencies (5/12/10)

RealtyTrac Sees First Annual Drop in Foreclosures Since 2005 (5/12/10)

Rating Agency Data Aided Wall Street in Deals (4/23/10, posted 5/13/10)

2 Votes Break Logjam on Financial Overhaul Bill (5/5/10)

Federal Reserve Board to hold public hearings on revisions to HMDA (4/23/10, posted 5/6/10)

The 10 Most Wanted Lobbyist Loopholes to Financial Reform (5/4/10)

Ahead of Tax Credit Deadline, Pending Home Sales Gain Again (5/4/10)

Race, Ethnicity and Housing (5/3/10)

Fannie Mae Makes it Tougher to Get ARMs, Interest-Only Mortgages (5/3/10)

Strategic Defaults on Mortgages are Rising, But by How Much? (4/30/10)

New Study Shows Wall Street Pipeline Encouraged Risky, Abusive Loans (4/29/10)

Democrats Tweak Bank Bill to Preclude Bailouts (4/29/10)

SCHUMER OFFERS BILL TO REIN IN PREDATORY DEBT SETTLEMENT COMPANIES (4/28/10)

Debt-settlement firms misled consumers, GAO report says (4/23/10)

JPMorgan to cease tax-refund loans to paid preparers (04/29/10)

Republicans Allow Debate on Financial Overhaul (4/28/10)

Goldman and Its Lobbyists Spurned in Finance Fight (4/28/10)

First Niagara, Community banks report increased profits (4/27/10)

Rochester-area home sales paint bright picture (04/24/10)

Senior, Subordinate Bondholders Split on HAMP Debt Forgiveness (4/27/10)

Crackdown sought on debt scams and foreclosure abuse (4/26/10)

The Goldman Drama (4/26/10)

Meet the Real Villain of the Financial Crisis (4/26/10)

G.O.P. Blocks Debate on Financial Oversight Bill (4/26/10)

Homeownership Hits Lowest Rates Since 2000 (4/26/10)

Off Wall St., Worries About Financial Bill (4/26/10)

Mortgage Deals Under Scrutiny as Goldman Faces Senators (4/26/10)

Fight On, Goldman Sachs! (4/24/10)

After Goldman (4/21/10)

Bill on Finance Wins Approval of Senate Panel (4/21/10)

Lead Poisoning, a Stubborn Nemesis (4/21/10)

SEC probes Goldman Sachs for investor fraud – but ignores widespread, underlying racially discriminatory practices (4/21/10)

Shelby Says Deal Is Close, Will Get 'Substantial' GOP Support (4/21/10)

Lender ordered to pay E. Northport couple $100G (4/21/10)

U.S. Offers a Hand to Those on Eviction’s Edge (4/19/10)

Senate Dems pave way for financial reform vote (4/16/10)

We're All Bond Traders Now (4/16/10)

Fighting Foreclosures (4/15/10)

The Fire Next Time (4/15/10)

Finance Bill Consensus on a Point: No Bailouts (4/15/10)

National Survey Show Majority of Americans Favor Financial Reform (4/12/10)

This American Life: Inside Job (4/9/10)

DHCR Announces Grants to Address Subprime Foreclosure Crisis (4/6/10)

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing: Perspectives and Proposals on the Community Reinvestment Act (April 15, 2010)

Defaults Rise in Loan Modification Program (4/14/10)

Jamaica, Queens leads the nation in fraudulent home loans (4/13/10)

Bank of America Now Supports Cramdown, Giving Judges Authority To Modify Home Mortgages (VIDEO) (4/13/10)

Bypassing the Bust: The Stability of Upstate New York’s Housing Markets during the Recession (March 2010, posted 4/15/10)

'The Fourteenth Banker,' Anonymous Bank Insider, Describes His Moral Crisis: 'The System Is Built To Be Gamed' (4/13/10)

Mitch McConnell: Regulatory bill won't solve problems (4/13/10)

Georgia on My Mind (4/11/10)

Democrats eager to take on Wall Street (4/11/10)

Book Club Pick: Why 13 Bankers Is a Must-Read for Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, and Everyone Who Wants to Avoid Another Financial Crisis (4/7/10)

Exploding Toasters and How to Change the System See second paragraph for recording of webinar with Elizabeth Warren (4/8/10)

Free Report on Credit? No Longer (4/7/10)

Fed Reviews Find Errors in Oversight of Citigroup (4/7/10)

Bernanke Says Nation Must Take Action Soon to Shape Fiscal Future (4/7/10)

New state laws on foreclosures heralded (4/6/10)

Street Fight: Obama can get everything he wants on financial reform--if only he gets tough. (4/4/10)

State Farm Sues Texas Department of Insurance Over Web Postings (4/1/10)

The Lone Star Secret; How Texas avoided the worst of the real estate meltdown. (3/30/10)

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SUES TWO NEW YORK COMPANIES FOR DEFRAUDING HOMEOWNERS IN NATIONWIDE FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAM (3/25/10)

Fed Ends Its Purchasing of Mortgage Securities (3/31/10)

Consumer Advocates Tout Financial Protection Agency (3/31/10)

Report: Albany tops upstate in loan foreclosures (3/30/10)

Bypassing the Bust: The Stability of Upstate New York’s Housing Markets during the Recession (3/30/10) Full report.

Commissioners call for audit of Rochester Housing Authority (3/26/10)

U.S. Plans Big Expansion in Effort to Aid Homeowners (3/25/10)

Households Facing Foreclosure Rose in 4th Quarter (3/25/10)

Bernanke Hints at Timing of Exit Strategy (3/25/10)

DHCR Helps Warn Homeowners to Beware of Loan Modification Scams (3/25/10)

OCC and OTS Release Mortgage Metrics Report for Fourth Quarter of 2009 (3/25/10)

Behind Consumer Agency Idea, a Tireless Advocate (3/24/10)

National Banks Made Riskier Loans That Worsened Foreclosure Crisis, Study Shows (3/23/10) Full report

BofA to start reducing mortgage principal (3/23/10)

Credit Card Reform and Bankruptcy Reform (October 2009, posted 3/25/10)

Real Reform in an Election Year (3/22/10)

Microcosm of Housing Crisis on an Arizona Street (3/22/10)

Lassiter Notwithstanding-  The Right to Counsel in Foreclosure Actions (Jan-Feb 2010)

Going Public-  The State-Action Requirement of Due Process in Foreclosure Litigation (Jan-Feb 2010)

Cities, States Tell Big Banks They'll Go Elsewhere (3/17/10)

A New Chapter for Bankruptcy (3/11/10)

Democrats Push Ahead on Finance Bill (3/11/10)

Report Details How Lehman Hid Its Woes as It Collapsed (3/11/10)

Pace Law Review issue on housing crisis issues (3/10/10)

Elizabeth Warren on Charlie Rose (3/4/10, posted 3/12/10)

Dodd Says He'll Go It Alone On Financial Regulation (3/11/10)

With New Homes, Town Makes Amends for Its Bias (3/10/10)

Bank Of America Drops Some Overdraft Charges (3/10/10)

A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans (3/9/10)

Dodd- Put CFPA Inside Federal Reserve (3/2/10)

Mortgage task force to probe foreclosures, fraud (3/1/10)

Dodd, Corker near key reform deal (3/1/10)

Liening on NY homeowners (2/28/10)

Dodd Consumer Proposal Would Create Bureau of Financial Protection (2/27/10)

Consumer Financial Protection: Is the Debate on the Right Track? (2/16/10, posted 3/2/10)

97,000 Homeowners in "Loan Mod Limbo" (2/24/10)

Freddie Mac- "Potential Large Wave of Foreclosures" (2/24/10)

White House in New Push for Changes on Wall St. (2/23/10)

Q4 Report: 11.3 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity (2/23/10)

Banks Apply Pressure to Keep Fees Rolling In (2/22/10)

Judge Accepts S.E.C.’s Deal With Bank of America (2/22/10)

Frank Statement on the Credit CARD Act (2/22/10)

Modest Won’t Do It (2/20/10)

Obama's $1.5 billion financing plan would help struggling homeowners in 5 states (2/20/10)

Consumer Protections Hung Up in Senate (2/18/10)

Agreement Is Near on New Overseer of Banking Risks (2/17/10)

Administration Releases January Loan Modification Report (2/17/10) Full report

CREDIT CARD PROTECTIONS TAKE EFFECT MONDAY BUT LOOPHOLES AND ABUSES PERSIST (2/17/10)

New Law Protects Credit Cardholders (2/16/10)

U.S. Housing Aid Winds Down, and Cities Worry (2/14/10)

Commercial Real Estate Losses and the Risk to Financial Stability (2/11/10)

On Finance Reform Talks, Dodd Trades Shelby for Corker (2/11/10)

New federal agency needed to protect consumers' financial interests (2/11/10)

From Foreclosure to Re-Redlining: How America’s largest financial institutions devastated California communities (February 2010, posted 2/11/10)

Wall St.’s Biggest Bonuses Go to Not-So-Big Names (2/10/10)

Slumburbia (2/10/10)

Wall Street's Race to the Bottom (2/8/10)

Treasury Chief Geithner Says Bank Fee Can Recoup AIG Bonuses (2/4/10, posted 2/11/10)

Florida's United Insurance to Expand Into 7 Northeast, Southeast States (2/2/10, posted 2/11/10)

State Farm Begins Sending Non-Renewal Notices in Florida This Week (2/1/10, posted 2/11/10)

No Help in Sight, More Homeowners Walk Away (2/2/10, posted 2/5/10)

New York AG filing civil charges against BofA (2/4/10)

Financial Services Committee to Consider the Future of Housing Finance (2/4/10)

Nassau Bar Association’s Mortgage Foreclosure Clinics Receive NYS Award (2/3/10)

New NY Fed U.S. Credit Conditions Data (2/2/10)

Five myths about America's credit card debt (1/31/10)

Senate, Weakly, Backs New Term for Bernanke (1/28/10)

Brian Moynihan Salary 2010: Bank Of America CEO To Make $950,000 (1/28/10)

Obama bank plan ‘could be law within months’(1/27/10)

Ailing Banks Favor Salaries Over Shareholders (1/26/10)

The Quarrel Over Bernanke (1/26/10)

Elizabeth Warren: Pass A Consumer Protection Agency Or Forget Regulatory Reform (1/22/10, posted 1/29/10) See Elizabeth Warren on The Daily Show (1/26/10)

HUD Funds $26.3m for Fair Housing Programs, Investigations (1/22/10)

Obama’s Move to Limit ‘Reckless Risks’ Has Skeptics (1/21/10)

With Populist Stance, Obama Takes On Banks (1/21/10)

New Aggregation Service Tracks Loan-Level RMBS Data (1/21/10)

US House Prices Gain Back 6.3% Since Trough: S&P/Case-Shiller (1/21/10)

Obama to Propose Limits on Risks Taken by Banks (1/20/10)

Housing Discrimination Bill Looks to Congress for Funding (1/20/10)

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency, After Brown (1/20/10)

Obama Pressing for Protections Against Lenders (1/19/10)

Pandit Is Running Out of Time to Clean Up Citigroup (1/19/10)

DBRS: Prime Mortgage Performance Deteriorating at Alarming Rate (1/19/10)

Will The Banks Win Again? Bailout Watchdog Rallies Support For Consumer Protection Agency (1/19/10)

Height-of-Boom Subprime Performance Keeps Getting Worse: Moody’s (1/14/10, posted 1/22/10)

Citigroup loses $7.8B in 4Q (1/19/10)

Treasury Delay on Bank Home-Equity Debt Imperils Housing Pickup (1/19/10)

Out of the Woods (1/18/10)

Problems Mount at a Bronx Building Bought in a Bubble (1/18/10)

What’s Next for the CRA? Debate Rages Over Carter-Era Measure to Promote Low-Income and Minority Homeownership (1/18/10)

What Didn’t Happen (1/17/10)

Tenants suffer as more landlords default (1/17/10)

HAMP Can’t Keep Pace With Foreclosures; Stronger Action Needed Now (1/15/10)

JPMorgan Chase profit soars on market rally (1/15/10)

New Department of Justice Unit Investigating Reverse Redlining Allegations (1/15/10)

Bankers Without a Clue (1/14/10)

Mortgage fraud was rampant, US inquiry is told (1/14/10)

Height-of-Boom Subprime Performance Keeps Getting Worse: Moody’s (1/14/10)

BofA Permanent HAMP Modifications Jump from 98 to 3,200 in December (1/14/10)

Why Obama Must Take On Wall Street (1/13/10)

HUD Subpoenas 15 Mortgage Companies Over High FHA Insurance Claims (1/12/10)

U.S. Housing Outlook 2010: A Year of Recuperation (1/11/10, posted 1/15/10)

The Option ARM Hitch (1/08/10, posted 1/15/10)

Bailout Watchdog: Shutting Down TARP To Be Tricky, Government Does Not Have Plan To Address 'Too Big To Fail' (1/14/10)

Report: Exiting TARP and Unwinding Its Impact on the Financial Markets (1/14/10)

Obama Bank Fee to Hit 50 Biggest U.S. Financial Firms (1/14/10)

Foreclosures in 2009: The Hardest-Hit States (1/14/10) RealtyTrac numbers

U.S. Foreclosures May Rise to 3 Million This Year (1/14/10)

Justice Dept. Fights Bias in Lending (1/13/10)

Voices That Dominate Wall Street Take a Meeker Tone on Capitol Hill (1/13/10)

Cuomo Scrutinizes Bailed-Out Banks' 2009 Bonuses (1/11/10)

The Housing Bubble Has Popped, but if We Don't Pop the Denial Bubble Another Financial Crisis Awaits (1/8/10, posted 1/14/10)

Affordable housing ruling a setback to cities (1/8/10)

Bubbles and the Banks (1/7/10)

The Three Magi of the Meltdown (1/7/10)

Walk Away From Your Mortgage! (1/7/10)

Delinquency Grows in Home Equity Loans, Lines of Credit: ABA (1/7/10)

Maryland Court Dismisses ‘Reverse Redlining’ Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo (1/7/10)

Some at Fed See a Need to Do More for Housing (1/6/10)

Optimism Is Fresh Arrival in California Cul-de-Sac (1/6/10)

Fed Missed This Bubble. Will It See a New One? (1/5/10)

Prime Jumbo RMBS Delinquencies Climb in November: S&P (1/5/10)

Cuomo: H&R Block to refund customers more than $11M (1/4/10, posted 1/8/10)

Get Sick, Get Out: The Medical Causes of Home Mortgage Foreclosures (2008, posted 1/8/10)

This Year’s Housing Crisis (1/4/10)

How Visa, Using Card Fees, Dominates a Market (1/4/10)

Reporter's Secrets To Smart Consumption 2.0 (1/4/10)

Real Estate in Cape Coral Is Far From a Recovery (1/2/10)

U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes (1/1/10)

State Housing Commissioner Going Private (12/30/09, posted 1/5/10)

Billions to Fight Foreclosure, but Few New Loans (12/29/09, posted 1/5/10)

Report: Deregulation Made Massachusetts Auto Insurance Market Worse (12/28/09, posted 1/5/10) Download report.

Underwater and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis (12/7/09, posted 1/5/10)

Outrage: Credit Report Disputes Hamper Mortgage Loan Approvals (11/25/09, posted 1/5/10)

Amherst Mortgage Insight Negative Equity Trumps Unemployment in Predicting Defaults (11/23/09, posted 1/5/10)

Investors Reshape IndyMac (12/28/09)

Federal Reserve's Asset Size Exemption for Depository Institutions for Reg C and HMDA (12/22/09)

Home mortgage foreclosures rise in third quarter (12/21/09) OCC/OTS report

Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning earns national EPA award (12/19/09)

More homes are poised to hit the market (12/18/09)

Congress Weighs Restoring Wall Between Banking, Insurance (12/17/09, posted 12/22/09)

State Farm to Stay in Florida, Cancel 15% of Policies, Raise Rates 15% (12/16/09, posted 12/22/09)

House Passes Financial Services Reform Bill (12/11/09, posted 12/22/09)

Few troubled mortgages being modified permanently (12/11/09, posted 12/22/09) Making Home Affordable report

Citigroup to suspend foreclosures for 30 days (12/17/09)

Government Reconsiders Quick Sale of Citigroup Stake (12/16/09)

Bank Picks a Successor to Lewis (12/16/09)

America needs consumer financial agency (12/16/09)

Bernanke Foes Seek to Curtail Fed (12/16/09)

Senators Urge Reinstatement of Bank Separation (12/16/09)

Bank CEOs Pledge to Push for Re-Regulation (12/15/09)

GOVERNOR PATERSON SIGNS COMPREHENSIVE FORECLOSURE LEGISLATION INTO LAW (12/15/09)

Even Bigger Than Too Big to Fail (12/14/09)

Obama Presses Biggest Banks to Lend More (12/14/09)

List of HAMP Servicers Grows to 88 (12/14/09)

VIEWPOINT: Reality TV: Finally a Real Mortgage Analyst Testifies Before Congress (12/14/09)

Lead coalition receives EPA award (12/14/09)

House Advances Financial Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Agency — Major Step for American Families (12/11/09) Summary of legislation.

U.S. Foreclosures to Reach 3.9 Million in Second Record Year  (12/10/09) RealtyTrac Press Release

Citi Is Eager to Pay Back Bailout Aid (12/9/09)

New website: Your Money New York (posted 12/10/09)

At Last, One Government Agency Considers Cutting Mortgage Principal For Distressed Homeowners (12/4/09)

Obama’s Mortgage Modifications to Fail, Amherst’s Goodman Says (12/8/09) Testimony here.

In the Public Interest: Rein in the Financial System That Failed (12/7/09)

Treasury Summons Mortgage Lenders to Meet on Loan Modifications (12/7/09)

Why Treasury Needs a Plan B for Mortgages (12/6/09)

Why Many Home Loan Modifications Fail (12/3/09)

Move to Repay Aid Helps Bank of America Shed Stigma (12/2/09)

Written Testimony of Secretary Shaun Donovan, Hearing before the House Committee on Financial Services, FY09 FHA Actuarial Report (12/2/09)

FDIC: Quarter of U.S. households have limited or no access to banks (12/2/09) FDIC report

Borrowing While Black: Applying Fair Lending Laws to Risk-Based Mortgage Pricing (12/1/09) Data files

FHA shuts down Melville-based Lend America (12/1/09) HUD Press Release