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ABA Journal Daily News
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Thanks to predatory mortgage lenders, corporate greed, and plain old stupidity, the homeownership part of the American Dream has become increasingly difficult. In order to sidestep the risk of making a poor investment, many families are now opting to rent rather than enter into a 30-year loan payment plan that could end up in foreclosure, […]
This is the clearest explanation for why more and more people are struggling to afford a place to live: in the last 50 years, rents have gone up significantly faster than incomes. Renting has taken off in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, and 36 percent of Americans are renting, a larger portion than anytime […]
After an undercover investigation by the Seattle Office for Civil Rights, 23 landlords there face discrimination charges from the agency. The largest number of charges… ABA Journal Daily News
Renters who want to buy homes in the future should be aware that their monthly payments may affect their credit score, and with it their ability to get a mortgage. A survey conducted by TransUnion found that nearly half of renters mistakenly believed that their rent payment history was automatically reported to credit bureaus. Foreclosure […]
In a ruling that took hundreds of former partners of Dewey & LeBoeuf and predecessor firms off the hook, a New York judge on Monday… ABA Journal Daily News
Interracial marriages have been legal in the state of Mississippi since 1967, following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and a year later the Fair… ABA Journal Daily News
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According to a new study by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies , a record number of Americans are renting homes and are struggling to pay their rent. In 2014, the number of renters spending more than 30% of their income on housing – the amount analysts say is the maximum we should spend […]