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CFPB Sues Mobile Home Lender for ‘Setting Families Up to Fail’

Account Recovery

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced it has filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, a subsidiary of Clayton Homes and part of Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway, alleging systemic failures to ensure borrowers could repay loans on manufactured homes. Learn more.

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CFPB Sues Vanderbilt for Setting Borrowers Up to Fail in Manufactured Home Loans

Consumer Finance

The CFPB sued Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance for setting families up to fail when they borrowed money to buy a manufactured home.

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Self Employed Tradespeople owed £3.5Bn in Late Payments

UK debt collections

The vehicle manufacturers research found delayed or missing payments to tradespeople was reported as the major issue facing sole traders heading into 2025. Almost one in five (17per cent) are resorting to payday loans to make ends meet. Tradespeople are owed as much as 3.5

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The Lenders Giving Borrowers Second Chance Loans

Credit Corp

And her bank wouldn’t give her and her husband Larry a loan to buy a replacement home. Brenda’s still tending her garden, though, thanks to a second-chance loan from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund-a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Flexible loan amounts. Support beyond the loan.

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How a Car Loan Can Increase Your Credit

Credit Corp

The following is a guest post from Paige Williams, a public relations specialist with New Roads Auto Loans. When most people think about credit and a car loan, they’re thinking about what credit score qualifies them for the car loan. However, that’s not the only way that a credit score will affect a vehicle loan.

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6 in 10 Small Businesses restricted by late payments

UK debt collections

Over 28% of SMBs have resorted to short-term financing, such as loans and credit lines, to cope with cash flow issues caused by late payments. A staggering 61% of small businesses say that late payments are preventing them from reaching their full potential, rising to 67% in the food and beverage industry and 64% in manufacturing.

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Manufactured Housing Loan Borrowers Face Higher Interest Rates, Risks, and Barriers to Credit, New CFPB Report Finds

Consumer Finance

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report that provides new insights into manufactured housing financing, a vital source of lending for millions of manufactured housing homeowners.