Reuters - Mortgage applications jumped in the first full week of 2009 as record low interest rates spurred the greatest demand for home refinancing loans in over 5-1/2 years, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.

Investor’s Business Daily - A housing market recovery could be just what’s needed to resuscitate the recession-mired economy, many experts believe.

Reuters - A network of government-backed lenders could become conduits for fresh mortgage financing under a plan being mulled by U.S. policy-makers, sources familiar with the plan said on Tuesday.