Headline News Archive

2020

June

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• Getting your house ready to sell during the lockdown. There are a number of improvements you can make—both large and small—while waiting to put your home on the market.

• Working full-time during pandemic, teens have become a lifeline. Thousands of teens across the country are working the forgotten front lines of the pandemic—in grocery and big-box stores—keeping essential links

• People across income levels report struggles to pay bills during pandemic. Massive job losses and a record levels of unemployment caused by the coronavirus pandemic have sacked the U.S. economy and caused families to struggle

• Tidal wave of defaults and evictions looms. Americans are skipping payments on mortgages, auto loans and other bills. Normally, that could mean massive foreclosures, evictions, cars repossessions and people's credit getting

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• Talking race with young children. Even babies notice differences like skin color, eye shape and hair texture. Here's how to handle conversations about race, racism, diversity and inclusion, even

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• What to know about paying your June rent or mortgage. A decade after the last housing crisis, millions of Americans are once again struggling to pay their mortgage. But this time the problem is even

May

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• How automated background checks freeze out renters. Regulators forced credit bureaus to follow standards for matching records to a person, and the kinds of records the bureaus can legally report are limited.

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• How to prepare your dog to be left at home (again). Whether your dog is new or old, these tips will help ease its transition from lockdown to normal life.

• Faulty automated background checks freeze out renters. Computer algorithms that scan everything from terror watch lists to eviction records spit out flawed tenant screening reports. And almost nobody is watching.

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• Houston becomes largest U.S. city where evictions can resume. Evictions are expected to skyrocket in Texas where the state Supreme Court has lifted a moratorium on evictions and unemployment has risen to historic levels

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• The latest trend in vacation rentals: long-term stays. Like a barbershop newly opened from lockdown, vacation properties are experiencing a surge of bookings. But instead of a week or two on the beach,

• What HOAs should do when residents can’t pay during pandemic. Here are some approaches that may balance the needs of a homeowners association against those of owners who fail to make required payments during these

• Lanzan alivio monetario de rentas para residentes, ahora en la ciudad de Los Ángeles a partir de…. Así como el condado de Los Ángeles ofrece asistencia monetaria a sus residentes de las comunidades no incorporadas, ahora la ciudad de Los

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• Homeowners are getting mortgage relief they didn't want. Homeowners have swarmed servicers' web sites and phone lines in search of information about mortgage forbearances, which allow them to suspend mortgage payments for up

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• Pandemic makes evident 'grotesque' gender inequality in household work. COVID-19 has transformed home life — turning kitchen tables into home offices and classrooms and putting a spotlight on the countless household tasks typically performed

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• Mortgage relief that comes with a $4,000 bill. Borrowers with privately held mortgages don’t have the same options as those with government-backed loans. Some are being told they can skip payments,

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• La llamada a cancelar la renta se centra en caseros que son grandes corporaciones. A partir del día 22 vuelve la demanda de cientos de miles de inquilinos...

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• New deferral option for those who can’t make mortgage payments. Many struggling homeowners who are delaying their mortgage payments through so-called forbearance programs will get a new repayment option, allowing them to make missed payments

• In financial trouble? Track everything companies tell you. One unfortunate lesson from recessions past is that companies and consumers often disagree about what help they settled on and under what terms. Can you

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• Financial watchdog’s conflicted task force earning top dollar. A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau task force that has been criticized in the past for its pro-business leanings stands to earn hundreds of thousands of

• Economic pain could persist even after pandemic is contained. Plunging revenue at many businesses, whether they close or not, could ripple through the economy and block a quick return to prosperity.

• As banks stumble in delivering aid, Congress weighs other options. When the federal government agreed to funnel $2.2 trillion in emergency aid to Americans devastated by the economic shutdown, the nation’s banks were given

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• You can check your credit files once a week for free. The three major credit-reporting agencies are making it easy for you to track what’s happening to your credit history in real time. You

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• A guide to staying safe as states open. Can I eat at a restaurant? Can I go shopping? Can I hug my friends again? Experts weigh in.

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• U.S. citizen children with undocumented parents denied coronavirus relief. Legal advocates at Georgetown University Law Center filed a constitutional challenge Tuesday on behalf of millions of children who are U.S. citizens and have