The number of homeowners stung by the dramatic decline in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with the same month a year ago, according to data released Thursday.

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It may be just a blip in the housing downturn, but even a temporary rebound in home sales is a welcome respite for California's Riverside County, one of the places hardest hit in the U.S. mortgage and foreclosures crisis.

Applications for U.S. home mortgages edged lower last week as home loan rates jumped, an industry group said on Wednesday.

Toll Brothers said quarterly home-building revenue dropped about 34 percent, less sharply than analysts were expecting, but it did not provide an earnings outlook because of the current state of the market.

The U.S. economy may yet slip into recession, but inflation is an even bigger risk given the "exceptionally'' stimulative stance of monetary policy, Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker said Tuesday.

The United States is still suffering the worst housing market downturn since the Great Depression, but a slew of factors suggest the worst may soon be over.

Borrowers with $25.4 billion of option adjustable-rate mortgages owe almost as much as their homes are worth, and one in eight is at least 90 days late on payments, according to Countrywide Financial, the lender bought by Bank of America  last month

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More banks are tightening lending standards on home mortgages and other consumer and business loans as a deepening credit crisis exerts a heavier toll on the economy.

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Will recent legislation save the struggling housing market? HUD Secretary Steve Preston, Wells Fargo VP Mary Coffin and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz weigh in.

Although Fannie Mae cut its dividend by 30 cents, taxpayers shouldn't be forced to protect shareholders of government-sponsored enterprises, said Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist. 

Fannie Mae posted a much larger-than-expected second-quarter loss and slashed its dividend more than 85 percent to preserve capital as home loan defaults accelerated in the bleakest U.S. housing market since the Great Depression.