If Nigerian money transfers and fake refinancing promotions weren’t enough, scammers keep coming up with still more ways to defraud and otherwise take advantage of unwary or struggling homeowners and income property investors. Now, new warnings about real estate...
In a previous post, we took a look at why new and recent college graduates saddled with student loans are wary of taking on the traditional debts of adult life: car loans and mortgages. Now, a closer look at the financial habits of the people known as “Generation Y”...
After a week of violence and terror that paralyzed the city of Boston and riveted the country, officials are calculating the true toll of the bombings at the Boston Marathon – a cost measured not only in loss of life but in economic terms. But unless the bombings are...
“Owning a home is the keystone of wealth, both financial affluence and emotional security,” says financial guru Suze Orman. But as American ages, suffers financial instability and becomes more diverse, the definition of “home” is changing – and that creates new...
Good as gold, the saying goes. But – no so much these days? The price of gold continues to fall, reaching its lowest levels in over two years, a drop that’s causing chaos in money markets around the world. The plummeting price of gold comes as the Federal Reserve...
