<div id="subtitle">But some previous foreclosure hotspots see decline</div><div><p> While recent evidence suggests a possible bottoming in the housing market, stemming the tide of foreclosures will be key to any housing turnaround. In the first half of 2009 ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.</p ...

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of Americans lining up for jobless benefits tumbled in the latest week, a decline seen as distorted by upheaval in the auto industry, while a key regional factory index slipped in July, reports showed on Thursday.</p>&lt ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. home foreclosure activity galloped to a record in the first half of the year, overwhelming broad efforts to remedy failing loans while job losses escalated.</p><p>Foreclosure filings jumped to a record 1.9 ...