Opinion: How this Senate banking bill could open the front door to housing discrimination
Now is not the time for Congress to make it harder for state attorneys general to fill the void in consumer protection and civil rights enforcement that President Trump is creating.
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Struggle for black and Latino mortgage applicants suggests modern-day redlining
Ten years since the economic recession, lending has returned for many Americans. Yet the gap between white and black homeownership is wider now than it was in 1960, with signs of modern-day redlining showing up across the country. Special correspondent…
Is paying a ‘mortgage’ the answer to expensive prescriptions?
An MIT economist and Harvard oncologist think that health care installment loans could help get highly effective but prohibitively expensive drugs into consumers’ hands.
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For some underwater mortgages, a chance to buy again at market rate
We may have heard that the housing crisis is over, but that’s not the case for many homeowners in lower-income neighborhoods across the country. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at how a Boston nonprofit lender is working to stop foreclosures…
They are selling or have sold nearly nonexistent insurance agencies — in some cases with no offices, no websites and only a single registered agent — in multi-million dollar deals, as new rules prohibit them from collecting commissions on insurance…
Will JPMorgan's record settlement set incentive for better bank behavior?…
Major Banks to Pay $8.5 Billion in Settlement Over Housing Foreclosure Abuses…
How the Mortgage Crisis in Nevada Will Affect Voters at the Polls…
Many struggling homeowners rely on loan modifications from government programs to keep afloat on their mortgages. Some say they are running into problems with these services. Paul Solman has more.
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