Foreclosure activity up across most US metro areas

2010-07-28T21:15:09Z

Report: Most large US metro areas saw spike in foreclosure warnings between January-June

Households across a majority of large U.S. cities received more foreclosure warnings in the first six months of this year than in the first half of 2009, new data shows.

The trend is the latest sign that the nation's foreclosure crisis is worsening as homeowners battling high unemployment, slow job growth and an u...

Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans

2010-06-15T09:34:29Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread,

Chandra Levy

2010-11-22T07:31:46Z

FILE - In this May 28, 2002 file photo taken at the Modesto Centre Plaza in Modesto, Calif. photos of Chandra Levy are on display as musicians, right, stand by at the memorial service for Levy. Jurors begin their fourth day of deliberations in the trial of Guandique Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Debbie Noda, Pool, File)

Food and Farm Fruit Breeder

2010-10-22T01:30:58Z

In this Sept. 22, 2010 photo, a yellow label hangs from one of the genetically altered fruit trees developed by Floyd Zaiger at Zaiger Genetics in Modesto, Calif. Zaiger, 85, uses his 140-acre farm as a laboratory to develop new varieties of fruit through cross-pollination instead of using chemicals or DNA. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California State Rock

2010-07-15T02:30:32Z

Garry Hayes, a geology teacher at Modesto City College, uses a pen to point out asbestos fibers found inside a serpentine rock in Modesto, Calif., Wednesday, July 14, 2010. State Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles has propo...

Modesto California News - May 04, 2009

2010-04-08T01:50:49Z