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Typical apartment asking rent reached $1,762 in September, Zillow says
Apartments in multifamily buildings carried a typical U.S. asking rent of $1,762 in September, according to Zillow. That figure was unchanged from August and 2.2%...
Typical single-family asking rent hit $2,266 in September, $771 a month less than a new buyer’s typical $3,037 payment, Zillow says
Zillow says the typical asking rent for a single-family house in the United States was $2,266 in September. That is $771 a month less than...
The West’s median existing-home price reached $613,600 in September, against $329,600 in the Midwest
The West had the highest median existing-home price of any region in September at $613,600, while the Midwest had the lowest at $329,600, according to...
The median existing-home price hit $417,500 in September, up from $412,300 a year earlier, NAR says
The median price of an existing home in the United States reached $417,500 in September, up 1.3% from $412,300 a year earlier, the National Association...
Social Security says a representative payee must spend a beneficiary’s check on that person’s needs and save what is left
A representative payee, the person Social Security appoints to manage someone else’s benefits, has to spend the check on that person’s needs and put away...
A 70-year-old North Braddock man who served as a Social Security representative payee is charged with diverting another person’s benefits for six years
A 70-year-old North Braddock, Pennsylvania, man who served as a Social Security representative payee is charged with diverting another person’s benefits for six years. Federal...
VA plans to keep mailing residency checks to about 14,593 beneficiaries a year paid at the full-dollar rate
VA generally pays benefits based on Philippine service at half the usual rate, unless the veteran or survivor lives in the United States. That is...
VA processed a record 3,111,399 disability compensation claims in fiscal 2026
The Department of Veterans Affairs processed 3,111,399 disability compensation claims in fiscal year 2026, more than it has ever finished in a single year. The...
South Dakota will limit Medicaid expansion adults to one month of retroactive coverage starting January 1, 2027
South Dakota will cut the backdated coverage available to Medicaid expansion adults from three months to one month for applications on or after January 1,...
North Carolina and Illinois expansion adults renew Medicaid every six months from January 1
Medicaid expansion adults in North Carolina and Illinois will renew their coverage every six months instead of once a year, starting January 1, 2027. Both...
Insurers will offer about 5,532 Medicare Advantage plans in 2027, down from 5,553
Twenty-one. That is how many Medicare Advantage plans disappear from the national lineup next year, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS...
Roseland Community Hospital’s $650,000 data breach settlement takes claims through December 31
Patients of Roseland Community Hospital whose personal information may have been exposed in a June 2024 data incident have until December 31 to file for...
Top-earning Social Security couples who retired this year get a $3,600 combined increase from the 3.6% COLA, a budget watchdog estimates
The highest-earning Social Security couples who retired this year at their normal retirement age will get a $3,600 combined increase from the 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment,...
Martin’s Point Generations Advantage members who see InterMed doctors lose them in network on January 1, 2027, when InterMed stops accepting the plans
About 4,500 patients of InterMed, a Portland practice, are about to find out that their doctor will be out of network, according to InterMed. Martin’s...
SSI recipients who appeal a payment cut in writing within 10 days of receiving the notice keep getting their current payment until Social Security reconsiders the decision
People on Supplemental Security Income who get a notice that their payment will drop can keep the current amount coming during an appeal, but only...
People who were notified that their Social Security and financial account numbers may have been exposed in the Finastra breach can claim up to $2,500 for losses from a $3.125 million fund by November 27
A $3.125 million settlement over an October 2024 cyberattack on Finastra Technology is open for claims until November 27. It covers people whom Finastra notified...