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Bernanke: Fed looking into foreclosure mess
USA Today - The Federal Reserve and other federal banking regulators are examining whether mortgage companies cut corners on their own procedures when
Regulators shut down 7 banks
CNN - Friday marked the largest number of banks closed since July 23, when the FDIC also closed seven banks, according to the FDIC's website. The closed banks are the First Arizona Savings in Scottsdale, Arizona;

Market News
Real Estate Weekly: Remodeling spending expected to rise next year
MarketWatch - pages, including why consumer advocates and banks are clashing over the "robo-signing" crisis and the latest on mortgage rates. One thing this promising remodeling outlook requires: an economy that continues to recover. "A recovering economy
Fidelity will require warranties on all REO
Inman - - The nation's largest title insurer, Fidelity National Financial, will require warranties from all lenders beginning Nov. 1 limiting the company's liability in "robo-signing" disputes before it will insure title on real estate owned (REO) properties
30-year mortgage rates inch off lows, average 4.21%
USA Today - - Federal Reserve's likely move to buy Treasurys to stimulate the economy. That demand lowers Treasury yields, which mortgage rates tend to track. Low rates haven't helped the struggling housing market, which recorded its worst summer in more than a
Existing home sales rise, supply edges down
Reuters via Yahoo! - - levels that did little to undermine the case for additional monetary stimulus next week from the Federal Reserve. Existing home sales increased for a second straight month, rising 10 percent from August to an annual rate of 4.53 million units, the


Technology News
What we know about the Mac App store
CNN - - much like the iOS App Store, with paid and free sections, most popular lists, and apps highlighted by Apple. But will the same thing that works for phones and tablets work for desktop and laptops? It's certainly good timing for Jobs' pitch, since the Mac

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The housing crisis in 1933, and today
MarketWatch - - Q&A is a weekly column in which Lew Sichelman, a nationally syndicated columnist who has been covering the housing market for more than 35 years, responds to readers' questions on real estate.