On Thursday January 10^th, the mortgage industry braced for rulings from the United State’s newest federal agency related to home lending, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  In his opening statement announcing the newest rules, CFPB’s Director, Richard Cordray said "Today, we’re issuing one of our most important rules to date, the Ability-to-Repay rule.

Hours before Governor Shumlin delivered his second inaugural address last week, Vermonters combating homelessness gathered on the Statehouse steps in Montpelier. One participant held up a sign that read “Housing:  Take the ‘less’ out of ‘homeless’".

For home buyers shopping for affordable homes in Vermont, the search just became a little easier. 

An estimated 1,000 households living in South Burlington pay more than half of their incomes for housing, according to VHFA’s recently completed housing needs assessment for the City of South Burlington. Nearly 600 of these households are renter households, while the other 400 households own their homes.