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Women 35 and older tend to pay more for automobile insurance, especially in Florida.

Debt collectors are everywhere and with the rise of investment groups and hedge funds buying up massive apartment brands we have seen an uptick in shady collection tactics and the charging of illegal fees to consumers.

The future's uncertain but the housing correction is near.

With foreclosures sure to rise, where will the housing market end up in 2022? The answer may surprise you.

Covid-19 kept debt collectors sidelined for 18 months, but now they are back to their old tricks, collecting debts you probably don't even owe.

A new study says that worries about repaying debt may lead to poor health later in life.

Can high equity levels keep homeowners from foreclosure?

FTC Returns Money to Consumers Harmed By Phantom Debt Collector

Long time St. Petersburg residents are slowly being forced out of their neighborhoods via gentrification. This is not good for any of us.

What happens when a debt collector threatens your security clearance?

‘Squid Game’ Is a Show About Being in Debt — No Wonder It’s Popular

Housing starts fall 1.6% in September; August revised down. Single-family starts unchanged; multifamily drop 5.0%. Building permits tumble 7.7%; single family decrease 0.9%

The future looks bleak for Florida homeowners with news that the property insurance market is drying up.

Zillow is pausing home buying while Opendoor and Offerpad keep throwing money at real estate markets.

Governor reverses his earlier order using debt collectors against innocent Florida consumers.

On September 22, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release announcing it awarded new contracts to three private-sector collection agencies to collect overdue tax debts.

Balance billing and double payments are seemingly the norm for hospitals, but collecting more than the billed amount is something new.

Ex-Insurance Commissioner Gets 7 Years in Federal Prison

Once Reg F goes into effect on November 30, 2021, creditors must take certain action and provide specific information regarding the debt to their debt collectors or they will face a new wave of lawsuits.

Like typical home buyers, mom-and-pop real-estate investors have concerns about affordability.

Learn more about how the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act can protect you from debt collectors.

There is a good chance the emergency room hospital you treated with after your car accident is illegally billing you and your insurance.

The bureau’s biennial report on the credit card market reveals consumers paying debt while debt collectors are consolidating.

Four Southern states have some of the least affordable automobile insurance rates in the country, according to a recently published affordability index by the Insurance Research Council (IRC).

They Want to Hand Your Kid a Debit Card. What Do You Do?