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Futures on major U.S. indices point to modestly lower opening on Wednesday as investors eye economic data including ADP national employment report.

Financial penalties extracted from large banks over their mortgage servicing practices may be used for loan modifications, a top Obama administration official said on Monday.

Bank of America's online banking goes down and subsequently gets restored, says the company's Twitter account.

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Chinese shares rose on Tuesday on decent volume suggesting further strength ahead, while markets in Hong Kong struggled to hold gains under pressure from a near 5 percent slide in heavyweight HSBC.

A former executive at Colonial Bank, which collapsed in part because of its close ties to the now-bankrupt Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, is expected to plead to criminal charges on Wednesday.

Michael Lewis, best-selling author of The Big Short about the mortgage meltdown, has been sued for defamation by an asset manager featured in the book.

Homeownership as an investment is no longer the rock-solid foundation for the American Dream it once was, according to a survey released on Monday by the firm the government created in the 1930s to promote homeownership.

Ventas agreed to acquire smaller rival Nationwide Health Properties for $7.4 billion or $44.99 a share in stock, creating one of the largest publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the United States.

China has ordered local authorities to implement existing property tightening measures or face punishment, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, reflecting Beijing's resolve to tame sky-high property prices.

Irish voters went to the polls on Friday to punish their government for bringing the former Celtic Tiger economy to its knees and leaving it a ward of the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

Why did the price of gold hit record highs in 2008? Take a look at the headlines - government bailouts of failed banks, mortgage and credit crises, rising inflation, slowing growth and global insecurity. In order to protect themselves from treacherous financial markets and depreciated paper currencies investors worldwide are turning to gold.

A top Freddie Mac executive received notice the government may file charges against him for allegedly violating securities laws in the years leading up to the housing bust, according to a regulatory filing released on Thursday.

A Chinese state company has tapped Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd and Guoco Group Ltd as potential investors for a fund that aims to raise up to 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion) to develop Shanghai's Bund district, a source said on Thursday.

China's top five banks have scrapped mortgage rate discounts for first home buyers in Beijing, the official China Securities Journal said on Thursday, as part of efforts to cool a red-hot property market.

Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital, dubbed 'King of Bonds' by Barron's, sees a major collapse in the municipal-bond market. After the carnage happens, he plans to scoop up the bargains left behind.

A federal court is on the verge of throwing out a lawsuit filed by Maine homeowners facing foreclosure action against Ally Financial Inc.'s GMAC mortgage unit, which has been accused of wrongful foreclosure practices.

One in four counties in the U.S. are ”dying” – meaning, they are recording more deaths than births – according to findings by the U.S. Census Bureau.

U.S. homeowners facing foreclosure action haven't made a mortgage payment in an average of 17 months, compared to 11 months two years ago, and the time frame may increase, according to a USA Today report.

Reality TV, Facebook, Twitter, paid-for plastic bags were ranked among the Top 10 worst innovations of the decade by Britons in a survey.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s prepared remarks at the Banque de France Financial Stability Review Launch Event, Paris, France, Feb. 18, 2011