News from around the web: 2009-08-02

Good effort on what banks owe taxpayers. But, still not quite there. Hat tip Yves Smith.

CRE is the next big writedown time bomb.

A must-read piece on mortgage regulation. You should note that the article just below this is the self-regulation version that is likely to gain sway if regulation by government doesn’t happen.

Is the Fair Mortgage Collaborative, a consortium of lenders, brokers and mortgage technology providers, really a watchdog? It sounds like self-regulation to me.

Is this the end of it?

PMI is up in China

Not Armageddon, just slower growth.

Provocative insights over the Crowley-Gates dust-up

Apple is acting in a clearly anti-competitive manner. This type of thing must be stopped.

"Cities in just four states — California, Florida, Arizona and Nevada — captured 29 of the top 30 places with the highest foreclosure rates."

David Blanchflower doesn’t believe seasonal adjustments.