Florida bank shifts create new opportunites, markets (Sun-Sentinel) Freeman: 'We're betting on Florida' Looking across a glistening Biscayne Bay on a recent chilly morning, Wells Fargo & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive John Stumpf pointed east and asked, ``What's that, over there?''

Lender Processing Services' February 2010 Mortgage Monitor Report Shows Pace of Delinquencies Slowing, but Delinquency ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The February 2010 Mortgage Monitor report, released by Lender Processing Services, Inc. , a leading provider of mortgage performance data and analytics, shows that while delinquency rates in the U.S. have risen to historic highs, the pace of deterioration has slowed.

Florida Must Rush To Plan for Federal Aid (The Lakeland Ledger) By BOB CHRISTIE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Florida and the four other states hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis have been given only weeks to plan how to spend $1.5 billion in federal funding announced by the Obama administration last month.

Florida Must Rush To Plan for Federal Aid (The Lakeland Ledger) By BOB CHRISTIE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX | Florida and the four other states hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis have been given only weeks to plan how to spend $1.5 billion in federal funding announced by the Obama administration last month.

Florida Community Bank property in limbo (The News-Press) Two months after taking over Florida Community Bank, Bond Street Holdings is consolidating its position as a community bank - and dealing with some...

Elderly Florida Man Robs Banks To Pay His Mortgage (WKRG News 5 Mobile) 73-year-old James Bruce is accused of robbing three banks. He told police he needed the money to pay his mortgage. more

Florida, 4 other states rush plans for $1.5B in housing funds (Sun-Sentinel) The five states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis have been given only weeks to plan how to spend $1.5 billion in federal funding announced by the Obama administration last month.

Florida, 4 other states rush plans for $1.5B in housing funds (Sun-Sentinel) PHOENIX (AP) — The five states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis have only weeks to plan how to spend $1.5 billion in federal funding announced by the Obama administration last month.

Richard Florida: The U.S. Is Facing a 'Talent Shift' (BusinessWeek via Yahoo! News) Richard Florida, the author of the bestselling books The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class, is a preeminent thinker about human capital and its importance for business. His new book, The Great Reset, due out in April, argues that a true recovery will require a complete break from the consumption lifestyle and a move towards a new economic model that is actually ...

Jumbo Mortgage Market Beginning to Thaw (RISMedia Real Estate News) RISMEDIA, March 13, 2010—(MCT)—Phil Kelly had 18 more months to go before the fixed rate on his $2.5 million mortgage became adjustable. But when Kelly, a former computer executive living in Rancho Santa Fe, California learned he could knock his interest…