Mortgage rates inched up almost imperceptibly this week from historic lows that helped boost demand for purchase loans last week by more than 10 percent from a year ago. Inman News
U.S. foreclosure filings dropped to a five-year low in September as fewer homes were on track to be seized by lenders. It was the second-consecutive monthly decline in filings, although there remains a sharp divergence along state lines, according to a report Thursday by foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. ABC News
Carlos Daniel Gonzalez, 6, holds his sister Izabel, 4, as they are accompanied by authorities after unknown gunmen killed their parents and other relatives in Villa Canales, Guatemala, on Oct. 9. Seven members of the family were killed, including two minors. Carlos survived by hiding during the attack. NBC News
The U.S. economy continued expanding modestly in September from August, the Federal Reserve said in its anecdotal Beige Book report. The central bank noted that the residential housing market was showing “widespread improvement,” while consumer spending and manufacturing improved slightly. Fox Business News
Anastase Tabaro, a self-taught engineer who had just six years of elementary-level education as a child, has built a hydroelectric system that provides power to some 700 households in and around his village in rural Rwanda. The European Pressphoto Agency
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