Miami activist moves people into foreclosed houses (AP)

<p>AP - Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. "All tile floor!" he says during a recent showing. "And the living room, wow! It has great blinds."

Investors sue Countrywide to force loans purchase (Reuters)

Reuters - A group of bond investors sued Bank of America -owned Countrywide Financial on Monday demanding that Countrywide buy every mortgage loan for which it agrees to reduce payments under a predatory lending settlement deal.

Insured mortgage defaults top 80,000 in October (Reuters)

</a>Reuters - Defaults on privately insured U.S. mortgages rose 35 percent in October, and topped 80,000 for the first time, as the troubled economy caused more homeowners to fall behind on payments.

GM looks to sell real estate in England (AP)

AP - General Motors Corp. said Friday it would sell and lease back some of its non-manufacturing operations in Europe as part of its efforts to raise cash quickly.

Meltdown far from over, new mortgage crisis looms (AP)

AP - Black Friday's retail shoppers hunting for holiday bargains won't be enough to stave off what's likely to become the next economic crisis. Malls from Michigan to Georgia are entering foreclosure, commercial victims of the same events poisoning the housing market.

From Bust to Broom: Foreclosure cleanups bustling (AP)

AP - Several men wordlessly carry out furniture, broken computers and boxes of garbage from a large blue house on a quiet upstate street on a brisk autumn morning. Rusting bikes and an old grill lay discarded in the overgrown backyard which is spotted with empty beer cans and crushed milk cartons. The mood is oddly serene as the men unload the remnants of what was one someone's home.