Category: Renter
HEADING TO COLLEGE: WHAT TO INSURE
Posted: July 26, 2018
College can be an exciting time for young people. It often serves as the first major step on the road to independence. For a parent, it can be both exciting and sad to watch your child leave home. This time also can be fraught with worries. Will they get enough to eat? Will they succeed without help? Will they and their possessions be safe away...
Savings And Limited Access To Credit Has More People Renting
Posted: December 29, 2014
While there are many reasons to rent rather than buy, a recent poll suggests that individuals are doing the former more frequently because they don't have the funds necessary to purchase their own property. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently posed a question to a group of homeowners and renters, asking them to name some of the reasons why they would opt to...
Many Renters Are Exposed To Financial Disaster Because Few Have Renters Insurance
Posted: October 9, 2014
The real estate industry seems to go through stretches of time in which consumers are looking to either rent or buy. Presently, it's more of the former, as noted recently through polling data conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. When renters were asked what factors would propel them to continue doing so, rather than purchase a home, some of the most common...
More Americans Riding Bicycles to Get to Work
Posted: August 18, 2014
A greater number of people are leaving their vehicles in their driveways and going to work on two wheels rather than four. According to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, in the past decade, the number of people who commuted to work by bicycle increased nearly 60%, jumping from 488,000 people in 2000 to 786,000 between 2008 and 2012. Brian McKenzie, sociologist for...
