Headline News Archive

2019

August

21

• Trump takes measures amid mounting economic concerns. President Trump on Tuesday confirmed he is considering whether to push for a temporary payroll tax cut or other tax changes amid mounting concerns about

12

• 7 signs you can afford the home you want to buy. While housing prices have been on the rise, and trends in how buyers make down payments are changing, many looking to buy a home might

05

• CFPB rule change might make it harder to get mortgages. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is allowing a provision to expire that once made it easier for Americans to get mortgages. The "qualified mortgage

• As mortgage interest deduction vanishes, housing market shrugs. The mortgage-interest deduction, a beloved tax break bound tightly to the American dream of homeownership, once seemed politically invincible. Then it nearly vanished in middle-class

July

31

• Trump’s former anti-discrimination official 'may have abused his authority'. A former top Trump administration appointee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “may have abused his authority” and “misused his position for

25

• Homeowners face foreclosure from seller’s unpaid tax bill. Q: I bought a home in 2013. I received free and clear title to it. However, this week I was served with papers for foreclosure because

• Your college major may affect your ability to get a loan. When students choose where to attend college and what subject to major in, they can expect those decisions to have an impact on certain aspects

23

• MD helps people with student loans purchase homes. A Maryland initiative to help residents with education loans purchase their first home and wipe out college debt at the same time is taking off.

• Retirement advice you should question. There is so much you need to do to manage your money that it’s a good thing to get recommendations. But you need

17

• Lack of affordable housing fuels reverse migration. The search for affordable housing is driving a new migration pattern. Instead of moving from the dust bowl states to California, today’s

16

• On 107-degree day, APS cut power to customers. If Arizona Public Service hadn't cut off her electricity last September, Stephanie Pullman might still be alive today. On August 23, 2018, the utility mailed a

12

• Why you shouldn't take on mom's debt, even if it's from your student loan. What obligation do you have to a parent who takes out a loan for your education? It’s an issue that came up during

11

• Earthquake insurance: Is it worth it?. “'No one can predict the future,” Ridout said. “But generally, homeowners are better served by putting their money into bolting the house

03

• Democrats press Carson after HUD hires controversial aide. Six Democratic senators are pressuring Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson on his department’s hiring of a former consumer

02

• Ways a housing counselor can help a first-time home buyer. Housing counselors review your credit score and help you create an action plan to deal with any discrepancies in your credit report. Counselors debunk home-buying

01

• 5 tips on managing the boomerang generation. The “boomerang generation” has been around for two decades, and it does not appear to be going away anytime soon. Young adults today

June

28

• How many credit bureaus are in the U.S.?. In addition to those large bureaus, dozens of other consumer-reporting companies, sometimes called specialty agencies, gather and sell personal data to landlords, employers and other

• At 75, taking care of mom, 99. Because of longer life spans, many adult children and their parents are now “aging together.”

27

• Crackdown targets robocallers. Federal and state authorities announced that they had targeted dozens of robocallers accused of placing an estimated 1 billion spam calls to consumers, a crackdown they

26

• Three mistakes when using air conditioning. Reasons why summer air-conditioning costs soar that have nothing to do with the hot weather.

23

• No espere que los tiempos compartidos aumenten de valor. Estoy tratando de deshacerme de mi tiempo compartido. ¿Tiene alguna sugerencia para mí, como madre soltera, cómo puedo ganar dinero con

20

• ThinkFinance to pay back $39.7 million on payday loans. A Fort Worth financial firm will cancel its outstanding loans and pay nearly $40 million to consumers after engaging in an alleged payday lending operation that

• Wells Fargo's mistakes cost people their homes. About nine years ago, Zsa Zsa Monique Conyers begged Wells Fargo to keep working with her to lower her mortgage payments. She had just lost

17

• CFPB celebrates achievements, despite departure from mission. Kathleen Kraninger marked her first six months as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week, and the agency celebrated by releasing a scorecard

12

• Landmark deal reached on NY rent protections. Newly empowered Democratic leaders in Albany announced a landmark agreement on Tuesday to strengthen New York’s rent laws and tenant protections, seeking to