Divorce Confidential: How to Prepare for a Settlement Meeting – A settlement meeting allows you and your spouse to sit in a conference room, face to face, in hopes of keeping key issues out of Court and moving your divorce to a speedy conclusion. While the goal is to resolve all the issues in a settlement conference, it is not always guaranteed that these issues will be settled in this meeting, especially if things become heated during negotiation.

U.S. Sept foreclosure decline biggest since downturn began-CoreLogic – Completed U.S. foreclosures plunged by 39 percent in September compared to a year ago, the biggest annual decline since the housing downturn began in 2007, data from CoreLogic showed on Thursday.

Mortgage rates ease slightly, Freddie Mac says; 30-year at 4.1% – Mortgage rates slipped lower this week, with Freddie Mac saying lenders were offering the 30-year fixed-rate home loan at an average 4.1%, compared with 4.13% last week.