Interesting Housing News Links (February 21, 2009)

* Slump helps BBVA step out of Santander’s shadow (The Financial Times)

* Turner and King face grilling over failure to rein in reckless bankers (Rosemary Gallagher, The Scotsman)

* Neighborhood Watch: How You Can Fight Blight (Jeff Garigliano, Reader’s Digest)

* House building at lowest point on UK record (Daniel Pimlott, The Financial Times)

* San Antonio woman gets prison time in mortgage scam

* Fifth Third, regional bank stocks slide (Baltimore Business Journal)

* Blixseth discusses financial troubles (Desert Sun)

* House repossessions to reach 200 a day (Times Online)

* Not disappearing fast enough (Ann Woolner, Bloomberg News)

* Marlboro man gets 13+ years for $3M in investment scams (Kathleen Hopkins, Gannett News Service)

Interesting Housing News Links (February 20, 2009)

* Thousands losing their homes as a result of recession (Ross Lydall, The Scotsman)

* Small Oregon bank becomes 14th bank to fail in `09 (Madlen Read)

* Small Oregon bank becomes 14th bank to fail in ’09 (Madlen Read)

* Talkers: Missouri puppy breeder raided for second time (Kansas City Star)

* EUROPEAN DISUNION (Ralph Peters, New York Post)

* Ritzy club owner’s arrest sought (Matthew Brown)

* ST. LOUIS: Ex-loan officer indicted in mortgage fraud case (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

* EAST ST. LOUIS: St. Louis man pleads guilty in fraud scheme (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

* Wall Street ends another terrible week; major indexes drop by more than 6 percent (Tim Paradis)

* Banks say nationalization isnt necessary (San Francisco Business Times)