Headline News Archive

2020

January

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• Trump's Opportunity Zone tax break is being investigated. A federal tax break meant to help poor communities that became a windfall for wealthy investors is being investigated by the Treasury Department, the agency

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• When renting a home beats buying one. There are a lot of reasons someone may choose to rent rather than buy a home. But everyone’s circumstances are different and what

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• There’s a brawl coming over government regulation. President Trump and his allies have vowed to dismantle much of the government’s regulatory superstructure, arguing that the costs are burdening U.S.

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• California to unveil plan for consumer financial watchdog agency. After years of the Trump administration steadily rolling back federal consumer financial protections, California has decided enough is enough.  Details at this point are

• Trump administration rolling back Obama fair housing rule. Two years after it first began chipping away at a controversial fair housing rule issued by the Obama administration in 2015, the Trump administration announced that

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• HUD releases proposal to weaken enforcement of fair housing laws. HUD on Tuesday published its proposed rule to roll back fair housing enforcement. The public now has 60 days to comment on the proposal, which advocates

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• Buying a home in 2020? Here’s what you need to know. Buying a home remains, according to survey data, the American Dream. If that’s true for you, follow these recommendations if you’re

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• Usted puede comprar ‘barato’ en L.A. pero no será dueño de su casa. En abril, una unidad de dos dormitorios en un complejo de cuatro pisos en Silver Lake de los años 20 se vendió por

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• NJ pays hospitals to build affordable housing. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) made a groundbreaking announcement in 2018: it would begin partnering with hospitals around the state to encourage

03

• Stop abbreviating 2020. It leaves you open to fraud. The new year is giving scammers an easy way to forge documents, but you can protect yourself with an easy New Year's resolution: Stop

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• Options for getting rid of private mortgage insurance. Unfortunately, you can’t just get rid of mortgage insurance unless you take certain steps to do so. The first option is to simply

2019

December

29

• ¿Cómo te afectarán las nuevas leyes de California?. California llega a 2020 con cientos de nuevas leyes estatales que abordan una serie de temas, incluyendo límites mensuales en la compra de armas,

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• A story of medical care in rural America. As basic medical care disappears from rural America, a husband and wife are forced apart after 63 years.

• He is trying to get fire victims paid. He has to find them first. With days left to seek damages from a giant utility, a team fans out in a hard-hit area to get the word to those eligible.

• Fintech lenders tighten their standards, becoming more like banks. Online personal loans were easy to come by for years, enabling millions of Americans to borrow cheaply to pay down costly credit card debt. In

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• As reverse mortgages end, heirs are left with heartache. After a death, heirs who want to pay off reverse mortgages to hold onto a family home can be stymied by a seemingly endless cycle

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• Advocates break down Community Reinvestment Act proposal. While advocates across the country agree that Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations badly need improvement, they believe the approach taken in the joint proposal will

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• Groups demand Kavanaugh recuse himself from CFPB case. Progressive organizations are demanding Brett Kavanaugh recuse himself from an upcoming Supreme Court case over the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Kavanaugh had

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• Columna: Otro año, otras mil muertes. La crisis de las personas sin hogar en Los Ángeles llega a una encrucijada. A veces desearía no haber visto el cuerpo de cerca, o el pequeño charco de sangre que goteaba de la boca

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• Regulators propose overhaul of anti-redlining law. The proposal is another big win for the banking industry. Advocates say it could lead to fewer loans for low- and moderate-income borrowers.

• Are student loans the next mortgage crisis?. Mike Calhoun, who runs the nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending, sees many similarities between the 2007-2008 mortgage crisis and today’s student loans. The

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• Community Reinvestment Act cheat sheet. The OCC and FDIC’s sweeping proposal to reform how they implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) would maintain in part the physical component

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• Six books to help you meet your financial resolutions in 2020. You are already promising yourself that 2020 is the year of financial freedom. But where do you start to help your New Year’s resolutions

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• Student loans a lot like the subprime mortgage debacle. Mike Calhoun is a man on a mission. He's flying around the country, warning state lawmakers and prosecutors, sounding the alarm at conferences, and

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• PG&E reaches $13.5 billion settlement with CA wildfire victims. Pacific Gas & Electric on Friday announced it had reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with victims of wildfires that killed dozens of people and destroyed tens