A federal judge in Texas overturned a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule enabling the erasure of medical debt from credit reports. The Hill reports US District Judge Sean Jordan stated the CFPB exceeded its’ authority by issuing the rule, which was...
The Bank of Mom and Dad is helping to keep the housing market afloat – a new survey from Redfin determined nearly one-quarter (23.8%) of young Americans who recently bought a home tapped into family money to help cover their down payment. The typical homebuyer’s down...
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has published two scathing criticisms of the housing policies espoused by President Donald Trump and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte. In the editorial “How to Increase Mortgage Defaults,” the Journal’s...
Ohio’s governor and attorney general have respectively launched property tax reform initiatives that are designed to quell the growing discontent regarding how property owners are being taxed. Gov. Mike DeWine announced the formation of his Property Tax Reform Working...
A federal appeals court overturned the mortgage fraud conviction of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby but upheld two perjury convictions relating to her case. The Philadelphia Tribune reports the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1...
An English manor located on an estate that was created when Richard the Lionheart was the reigning monarch has been listed for sale at $4.38 million. Kent Online reports the 24-acre historic estate of St John’s Jerusalem in Sutton-at-Hone, near Farningham, is based on...
