LOS ANGELES -- A nationwide plan to help nearly 2 million homeowners hit by the mortgage meltdown and improper foreclosure practices could be announced as early as Thursday under a multi-state settlement hammered out by states' attorneys general ...

LOS ANGELES -- The nation's attorneys general appeared close to reaching a massive multistate settlement with major banks over faulty foreclosure proceedings Wednesday night, though California and New York remained in negotiations.

Government ...

LOS ANGELES -- More than 40 states signed on to a proposed $25 billion settlement with major mortgage servicers over faulty foreclosure procedures, but California, New York and other key states were not among them.

"This enables us to move ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new effort to investigate the causes of the nation's mortgage meltdown will focus on coordinating the often overlapping state and federal investigations and on holding accountable those whose misconduct led...

LOS ANGELES -- Struggling homeowners are set to get more help from the federal government as the Obama administration extends its key foreclosure prevention plan for a year.

The administration also will expand those eligible for the program to ...

LOS ANGELES -- In what could end up becoming a vicious cycle of economic hurt, struggling homeowners who can't relocate for new jobs may stymie employers' long-range growth.

So says a report from outplacement consultancy Challenger Gray & ...