Business - Real Estate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department is expected to meet with lenders on Monday to press them to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans, a source familiar with the Treasury's thinking said. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said "I do" to each other in the same month that they said "we do" to their real estate agent. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department wants lenders and companies that process monthly mortgage payments to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans and will announce new measures on Monday aimed at achieving that goal, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday. Full Story »

MEREDITH, N.H. - A lawyer for the owner of a closed mortgage company being investigated by the state says his client is back in New Hampshire. Full Story »

PHOENIX - Arizona legislators responded quickly last June when bankers complained that investor-builders were abusing a post-foreclosure protection intended for homeowners. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae plans to raise minimum credit score requirements next month and limit the amount of overall debt that borrowers can carry relative to their incomes, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Full Story »

The number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-month low last week, the Labor Department said Wednesday, a sign that layoffs are easing as the economy slowly heals. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - A flurry of good news this week — including falling jobless claims, stronger consumer spending and higher new-home sales — suggests the economic rebound, modest though it is, might just be here to stay. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending and home sales rose more than expected in October, while new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week, suggesting the economic recovery was gaining traction. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose more than 6 percent in October. But that was only because of strong results in the South. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US new home sales rebounded more than expected in October to their strongest pace in more than a year, government data showed Wednesday, suggesting stabilization in the ailing sector. Full Story »

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden is teaming with federal regulators and 26 other states to get tough on foreclosure rescue fraud. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes in October rose more than expected to their highest level in a year, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a stabilizing housing market after a three-year slump. Full Story »

NEW YORK - AIG and former Chairman Greenberg agree to settle all legal disputes. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family houses likely climbed in October, but forecasts varied widely on the impact of the first-time homebuyer tax credit, a Reuters survey found. Full Story »

DENVER - Ten more loan-modification firms have agreed to comply with Colorado laws or be barred from doing business in the state. Full Story »

Reports on GDP and consumers signal modest rebound Full Story »

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri residents who buy a house in 2010 could get a property tax break. Full Story »