Rent-to-own programs and credit-building tools create ... In mid-April, Smith was driving and listening to the radio when she heard an ad for Pathway Homes. She stopped the car, wrote down the ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that it’s getting harder to buy a home. That’s why many would-be homeowners are looking at rent-to-own homes as an alternative to the traditional path to homeownership ...

"Rent-to-own has this really sordid history," said Reiss ... others were drawn in by web searches or ads on social media. Once approved, tenants get a "budget" to look at for-sale homes, based ...

Shawn Frett and Jeneyha Wheatley-Frett struck a rent-to-own deal with Divvy, but the house, in Lithonia, Ga., was plagued with problems. They have since moved out and reached a settlement with the ...

Renting a home with the intention to eventually buy it — rent-to-own, essentially — is one thing to consider. This type of contract can help people who want to buy but aren’t quite ...

Rent-to-own housing products have the potential to benefit consumers, but companies adopting them need to show greater transparency, according to a new report by the TechEquity Collaborative with ...

The Washington State Auditor’s Office will audit certain rent-to-own housing programs supervised by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission in response to a request last month by ...

National rent-to-own giant Rent-A-Center will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company had engaged in unlawful business practices including overcharging customers and failing ...

When hopeful first-time homebuyers were invited to apply for eight rent-to-own units in a project under construction in the City of North Vancouver, developer Farzad Mazarei didn’t anticipate ...

From the archives: Rent-to-own contracts challenged in federal court According to documents filed with the court, the defendants will make a settlement payment of $750,000, which will compensate ...

HOUSING and Transport Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis on Friday officially announced the launch of her ministry’s rent-to-own housing initiative which will open early next month. The programme will ...