New York’s attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, is right to resist White House pressure on a mortgage deal with the nation’s largest banks over dubious foreclosure practices. Go to Source

The economy will not recover until housing recovers, and that won’t happen without principal reductions and easier refinancings of mortgages. Go to Source

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York is under pressure from the Obama administration to drop opposition to a state settlement with banks over foreclosure practices. Go to Source

Banks are increasingly seeing the value in short sales in New Jersey, where 121,250 homes or so are in foreclosure. Go to Source

A neighbor’s dog becomes a threat; effects of foreclosure on loan co-signer; accommodating disabled residents. Go to Source

The Obama administration wants to turn thousands of properties into rentals that could be sold in bulk or managed by someone else. Go to Source

Under the settlement, Option One agreed to make $115 million in loan modifications to Massachusetts homeowners facing foreclosure. Go to Source

In the Newhallville neighborhood of New Haven, an affordable-housing developer is acquiring foreclosed homes, fixing them up and selling them. Go to Source