Browsing: Personal Finance

The numbers: Home buyers appear to have adjusted to higher rates, as mortgage applications rose in the latest week despite rates staying put. Rates were unchanged…

Home prices across the nation have increased for five straight months as of June, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA…

The IRS has announced guidance on the federal tax status of refunds of state or local taxes, and certain other payments by state or local governments…

By Ellen Ryan, Next Avenue Taco Tuesday may bring to mind Old El Paso shells or Pace salsa, and Wednesday might still register for many people…

Harvey Mudd beats Harvard as the highest starting salaries go to STEM majors. But alumni of all these schools earn six-figure median salaries during their early…

The numbers: U.S. home sales inched up for the second month in a row, as the housing market continues to be hampered by high rates and…

Tax Notes contributing editors Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike examine Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cryptocurrency tax proposal, all in five minutes. This transcript has been…

Millions of widowed, divorced or otherwise single adults live alone. With the changes of aging, new dangers emerge. Frailty, cognitive decline, and failing health set them…

A four-year college education is a big and long-term investment, as the 40 million plus Americans who carry $1.6 trillion in federal student debt know all…

Veteran news anchor Diane Sawyer has decided to part ways with the Martha’s Vineyard home she bought in 1995 with her late husband, acclaimed stage and…