Rent-to-own agreements are an option for people who may not be able to secure a mortgage initially or make an upfront down payment. Instead, they enter into an agreement with a property owner to ...

Rent-to-own homes mix leasing with buying options, setting terms like rent and maintenance in a contract. These deals help if lacking down payment, but risk losing investment if unable to buy later.

Rent-to-own deals are nothing new. These transactions, in which a portion of the buyer’s monthly rent payment is ultimately applied toward a down payment, traditionally have been used by home ...

Pathway Homes customers who have been rejected from rent-to-own properties in the past due to low credit scores can use Self’s free rent reporting service. After joining Self and Pathway Homes ...

Divvy operated a rent-to-own model in which it worked with renters ... just six months after a $110 million Series C. Maymont Homes, the Brookfield unit that is buying Divvy, operates in over ...

The $1 billion acquisition of rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes, which was announced Wednesday, is expected to leave some shareholders without a payout, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Helping renters achieve the American dream of homeownership wasn’t quite as profitable as the creators of Divvy Homes hoped. Now, the startup rent-to-own landlord with a portfolio of single ...