housing

• Housing

• Los Angeles sues Wells Fargo and Citigroup, says mortgage discrimination led to foreclosures
• US home prices increase 0.2 percent October, sign that price gains have slowed
• Average US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 4.46 pct.; 15-year rate up to 3.47 pct.
• US new-home sales jump in October to seasonally adjusted annual rate of 444,000
• Interest rate surge has dampened real estate mutual fund returns, but outlook is positive
• Measure of signed contracts to buy US homes falls for 5th straight month in October
• Soo Line Building welcomes first tenants in downtown Minneapolis

• Foreclosures

• Foreclosure hits Burnsville's Heart of the City
• 94 percent of Minnesota counties lack affordable rental housing
• Housing market points upward
• Negative equity in the Twin Cities outpaces the nation
• Wells Fargo offers $9M to Twin Cities home buyers
• Ex-strippers, mortgage fraud and the North Side
• 75 rally for man who faces loss of house

• Rentals

• Renting and the Law: What's ordinary wear and tear?
• Can tenants withhold last month's rent?
• Renting and the Law: Tenant wants out of house with moldy basement
• An outstate rental boom?
• More apartments headed for the North Loop neighborhood in Mpls.
• 36-story apartment tower could rise near Loring Park
• Renters getting squeezed