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Taking Over Your Parents' Mortgage? Here Are 3 Tips
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 12:35pm | 483Taking over your parents’ mortgage can benefit your finances by allowing you to own a house using less time and money, while also paying off their recurring debts. If you’re thinking of being transferred an “assumable” mortgage loan from your parents, you’re going to...
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HUD Sues Facebook, Alleges Discrimination In Housing Ads
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 11:18am | 754Federal officials are accusing Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) with violating the Fair Housing Act in a lawsuit, alleging the social media company’s advertising system allows advertisers to target certain types of people with housing ads, effectively preventing other types of people...
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7 Things The US Could Do With Apple's Strategically Avoided Taxes
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 5:09pm | 740Through “stateless” subsidiaries and shadow companies, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) amassed $252 billion in offshore cash subject to foreign tax rates far lower than the U.S.’s 35 percent, according to BBC News. In 2017 alone, the firm made $44.7 billion outside the U.S. and...
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Spanky and The Housing Gang are Back At It!
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 3:01pm | 314Spanky and the Gang are at it again. Not content with previous shenanigians in manipulating and propping up homes prices, they're back at it again. Word is out that the Obama Administration, in conjunction with Freddie, Fannie, Treasury, Fed, FDIC, HUD and FHFA, is preparing programs to sell...