From the American Bankruptcy Institute: Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Surge Past One Million During First Nine Months of 2009 Consumer bankruptcies totaled 1,046,449 filings through the first nine months of 2009 (Jan. 1-Sept. 30), the first time since ...

The MBA reports: Mortgage Applications Decrease. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 2.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier.

From the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA): Delinquencies Continue to Climb, Foreclosures Flat in Latest MBA National Delinquency Survey The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties rose to a seasonally adjusted...

On a monthly basis, retail sales decreased 0.1% from June to July (seasonally adjusted), and sales are off 8.3% from July 2008 (retail ex food services decreased 9.3%). The following graph shows the year-over-year change in nominal and real retail ...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today suspended Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corporation (TBW) of Ocala, Florida, thereby preventing the Company from originating and underwriting new FHA-insured mortgages.

The Treasury is expected to announce the number of permanent modifications and other metrics for the Making Home Affordable program next week, but clearly the program is off to a slow start ... From Renae Merle at the WaPo: Quarter of borrowers in...

This is an unofficial list of Problem Banks compiled only from public sources. NOTE: This was compiled prior to the six bank failures today (all six are listed). Changes and comments from surferdude808: The Unofficial Problem Bank List had a slight...

Greater Atlantic Demoted, downsized, shrunken Sold to Sonabank by Soylent Green is People From the FDIC: Sonabank, McLean Virginia, Assumes All of the Deposits of Greater Atlantic Bank, Reston, Virginia Greater Atlantic Bank, Reston, Virginia, was...

Benchmark sets new high (Is "down" the new "up" today?) Not a wanted prize by Soylent Green is People From the FDIC: MB Financial Bank, National Association, Chicago, Illinois, Assumes All of the Deposits of Benchmark Bank, Aurora, Illinois Benchmark...

Wow, a bright comet... Giant "Amtrust-Rex" looks up. Annihilation Cold Winter bears down Many banks fall like snowflakes No two are alike by Soylent Green is People From the FDIC: HeritageBank of the South, Albany, Georgia, Assumes All of the...