By Megan Gates LatinaLista Purchasing a home can be a complicated endeavor, making it critical that you do as much research as you can to understand why a home is priced the way it is and whether or not it’s the right home for you. One of the key steps in the home buying process [...]
Loss of homes by Latino homeowners signals an erosion of equality in the nation
LatinaLista — As June, otherwise known as National Homeownership Month, draws to an end so does the American Dream for many Americans, especially Latino and black home owners. RealtyTrac reports that banks took back 54,844 properties last month, up 7 percent from April. This is a discouraging sign in an economy where Latino homeowners have [...]
College Board releases college resource guide just for undocumented students
LatinaLista — In one of the strongest signals that the education community supports the DREAM Act — allowing undocumented students, who were brought to the US as children, attend college or enlist in the military and be put on a path to citizenship — the College Board released yesterday a state-specific resource guide for undocumented [...]
Taming the Ferocious Budget
By Andres Gutierrez LatinaLista One of my favorite memories as a kid was when my parents took me to the circus. I loved watching the lion show. It was incredible how one man, with nothing but a whip in one hand and a small chair in the other, could control a 500-pound ferocious beast. A [...]
Financial advisor tells Latino families — stop living in “crisis mode”
By Andrés Gutierrez LatinaLista Imagine your child is sick, and the vaccine that would save his life costs $1,000.You have 30 days to come up with the money — but you can’t borrow it. Could you save $1,000 in one month? Of course you could. Why? Priority. For most people, saving money is not a [...]
New report finds CA Latinos experience the most severe rates of underemployment of all races
LatinaLista — If ever there was doubt of whether or not college/vocational training is worth the expense, here comes the latest in what seems like an avalanche of reports detailing just how imperative higher education/training is for today’s worker. The latest report zeroes in on workers in California, yet the report’s authors are quick to [...]