Obama’s mortgage mod program failure could result in additional vacant homes and second market decline … and more

1. Obama’s mortgage mod program failure could result in additional vacant homes, second market decline in 2010 [Post]
2. Two developers charged with bribing Broward Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion [WPLG]
3. Lantana woman allowed a homeless woman in her home who won’t leave and cannot be evicted for two months [CBS 12]
4. Another Florida bank shuttered, bringing the national list for 2009 to 131 [USA Today]
5. Single women buy homes in droves, especially compared to their male counterparts [NYT]
6. SL Green declares 10-cent fourth quarter dividend [AP via NYT]
7. Citigroup will repay $20B in TARP funds [Crain’s]
8. Short sales still a slow and unreliable process, despite new Treasury Department guidelines [NYT]
9. Mortgage brokers lose market share in third quarter [National Mortgage News via The Truth About Mortgage]
10. Report: Income loss the leading culprit in foreclosure [The Truth About Mortgage]
11. Most multi-family companies won’t raise executive pay this year [National Real Estate Investor]