Aissatou Sidime

In communities across the country, predatory lenders, appraisers, and mortgage brokers seek to exploit and trap uninformed potential homebuyers. Some predators sell overvalued properties using...

After six years, Olivia Brigman sold her first home. And she was well on her way to paying off the $56,000 mortgage with an 8%...

Buying a home is perhaps the biggest investment most Americans will ever make. According to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, price appreciation for...

Insurance can protect against unforeseen losses, but which type of coverage is best? Experts weigh in to clear the mystery. DISABILITY INSURANCE The biggest asset...

With economists projecting several interest rate hikes through 2006, financial advisers say now is the time for borrowers to take a second look at the...

America is a nation propped up on credit card debt, and data collected by the Federal Reserve shows that minorities are most at risk of...

Fannie Mae Chairman and CEO Franklin D. Raines, one of BLACK ENTERPRISE’s Wall Street all-stars (see October 2002), is weathering quite a storm. One of...

Last summer, Anthony Harris, the 32-year-old owner of Popular Demand clothing store and Popular Demand Unisex Salon in Cleveland, decided he just couldn’t pass up...

Pathologist Arthur Bracey works in an environment of rising malpractice judgments. But he’s no longer worried that an angry patient filing suit against him could...

After five years of dreaming of buying a home, Andre and Yanira Eames thought they had finally found a way to end the cycle of...