The rising demand for rent now, pay later underscores America’s deepening affordability problem after years of stagnant wages and higher prices. Many families already face a cash crunch – a situation ...

A Portland man was sentenced to just under nine years in prison on Friday for attacking and stabbing his roommate last year.

Paying rent on time can improve your credit score, but only if your landlord or property manager reports payments to credit bureaus — and most don’t. But if you want your rent payments to affect your ...

As a young couple, we struggled to find an affordable place in New York City. So, we moved into a two-bedroom with another postgrad couple.

The city of Portland will pay homeowners $1,000 – or more – if they rent out rooms as part of a new homeshare program championed by Mayor Keith Wilson as part of his campaign to address the city’s ...

Ms. Gelinas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor for City Journal. In Upper Manhattan, two units sit empty in two well-maintained, ...

Want to pay rent in two installments instead of one? The fine print can make '0% interest' costlier than it sounds. A growing number of companies are offering buy-now-pay-later products to split up ...

The first of the month is a signal to millions of tenants that rent is due in full. While some landlords offer a short grace period for renters to scrounge together enough cash, fintech companies are ...

Terry Lane is a writer for Investopedia with 25 years of experience in journalism and communications. He covers personal finance, Congress, government regulations, and economics. Justin Sullivan/Getty ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rent can eat up an entire paycheck at the start of the month, so a growing number of renters are turning to a financial product that promises relief by letting them split the bill -- ...