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Survey: Unwilling to Sell, Many Homeowners Remodel Instead 06/11/2024 08:00pm • Today's homeowners have a problem that many aspiring first-time homebuyers would be lucky to have: Their mortgage rates are too low to give up, and their monthly payments are too cheap to trade in. Some homeowners don't want to move and sacrifice their lower housing payments, and others can't afford Biden's student loan work gets tepid reviews 鈥� even among those with debt, an AP-NORC poll finds 06/11/2024 05:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� As he campaigns for reelection, President Joe Biden frequently touts his work on student debt, pointing to the millions of people who received cancellation under his watch. Yet relatively few Americans say they're fans of his work on the issue, even among those who have student l Mexican peso weakens as next president vows to forge ahead with 20 reforms - and adds a couple more 06/11/2024 05:13pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� The Mexican peso continued to weaken Tuesday as Mexico鈥檚 outgoing president 鈥� and his successor 鈥� vowed to forge ahead with some 20 c onstitutional changes that have rattled investors. Claudia Sheinbaum won this month鈥檚 presidential election. But she has spent much of th Biden administration seeks to wipe consumer medical debt off most credit reports with proposed rule 06/11/2024 05:03pm • The Biden administration is pushing to prevent medical debt from being considered in most decisions made over whether someone qualifies to rent an apartment, buy a car or take on a mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it is planning a rule that would remove medical bills f World Bank boosts forecast: Strength of US economy will support global growth of 2.6% this year 06/11/2024 09:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy Tuesday, estimating that it will expand 2.6% this year on the strength of sustained growth in the United States. The bank's latest outlook marks an increase from the 2.4% growth for 2024 it had predicted in January. And i Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle join Biden for early Juneteenth celebration on White House lawn 06/10/2024 10:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Joe Biden celebrated the Juneteenth holiday early with a Monday concert on the White House South Lawn with singers including Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. 鈥淏lack history is American history,鈥� Biden told the crowd. The Democratic president warned that some 鈥渙ld What Is a Second Mortgage? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • A second mortgage is a loan secured by real estate when there is already another loan on the property. Second mortgages are sometimes called junior liens. Your home can serve as collateral for a few different loans at once. You might get a second mortgage to pay for a big purchase or to finance a ho Georgia Republican convicted in Jan. 6 riot walks out during televised congressional primary debate 06/10/2024 02:42pm • ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� A Georgia congressional candidate convicted of a misdemeanor for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican on Sunday ahead of a June 18 primary runoff. It was the latest volatile turn in southwest Georg European election dents German leader's authority, boosts conservatives and the far right 06/10/2024 06:18am • BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Dismal results for Germany's governing parties in the European Parliament election have dented Chancellor Olaf Scholz's authority and could prompt even more of the infighting that just cost the government dearly. A clear win for Germany's mainstream conservative opposition boosts its German far right gains as governing parties decline, but conservatives lead in European election 06/09/2024 08:47pm • BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Germany's unpopular governing parties sank to feeble results and the far-right Alternative for Germany made gains in Sunday's vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition was the country's strongest political force by a distance, projections showed. Parent PLUS Student Loan Forgiveness: What You Should Know 06/09/2024 08:00pm • The U.S. Department of Education offers direct loans specifically for parents of college students, called Parent PLUS loans. Like with other federal student loans, only a few special circumstances qualify parents for loan forgiveness. Learn more about how Parent PLUS loans work, how to qualify for l Credit card delinquencies are rising. Here's what to do if you're at risk 06/08/2024 12:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Seriously overdue credit card debt is at the highest level in more than a decade, and people 35 and under are struggling more than other age groups to pay their bills. The share of credit card debt that鈥檚 severely delinquent, defined as being more than 90 days overdue, rose to 10 Mexico's outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness 06/07/2024 10:27pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Mexico鈥檚 outgoing president pledged Friday to press ahead with j udicial reforms despite nervousness among investors and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should go slow. President Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador said he would pursue 20 constitutional change Lawyer for Jontay Porter says now-banned NBA player was 'in over his head' with a gambling addiction 06/07/2024 08:21pm • Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors forward who was given a lifetime ban by the NBA because of a sports betting scandal, was 鈥渋n over his head鈥� with a gambling addiction, his lawyer said Friday. Jeff Jensen, a government investigations attorney in St. Louis, also said in a statement provid Fitch raises Cyprus' credit rating by a notch to BBB+ thanks to resilient economy, fiscal discipline 06/07/2024 08:18pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) 鈥� The Fitch agency said Saturday it has raised Cyprus鈥� credit rating by a notch to BBB+. It cited the country鈥檚 heightened ability to withstand financial shocks, the government's commitment to keeping its finances in order and a strengthened banking sector thanks in part t