Most voters are aware that Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income taxpayers if he's elected president in November. read more »
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With signs this week that the Federal Reserve is going to call inflation's bluff and keep interest rates low, some investors see little reason to expect the market to recover in the near future and have charged their strategy: betting on stocks to decline further. read more »
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Hundreds of people have been arrested for alleged mortgage fraud as part of an investigation by the FBI and Justice Department that began March 1, government officials told CNN Thursday.
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The current housing market is bleak: home prices and sales are plummeting, foreclosure proceedings are skyrocketing and mortgage rates are on the rise.
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For many real estate agents, these aren't exactly the best of times. Don't put David McIlvaine in that category.
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How one couple created a luxe, low-cost kitchen with quality secondhand stuff and sweat equity.
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More than 3,000 times daily, struggling homeowners call the foreclosure Help Hotline for advice on how to save their homes.
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The number of homes under contract to be sold rose unexpectedly in April as buyers went bargain hunting, according to a report released Monday.
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With prices crashing around the nation, home price affordability has improved dramatically in many U.S. cities.
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If you're looking to trim a little fat out of your budget, you need the honest and brutal advice offered up by our panel of experts -- our faithful community -- who tell it like it is. Are you ready to take their advice and cut out some spending habits? read more »
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Last year, borrowers took out more than 132,000 reverse mortgages - 50% more than the year before and almost 10 times as many as five years ago. Such loans, as you may already know, allow you to draw down your home equity if you're 62 or older without repaying it as long as you stay in your house.< read more »
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Charles and Anna Burge were so certain of retiring to Florida this year that they had begun packing up their house. The dining room of their Long Island, New York home is barren, spare a virtually empty china cabinet and a pile of cardboard boxes that hold its former contents. The couple sold their read more »
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Even when markets are headed south, a 401(k) is a great vehicle for retirement savings. read more »
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Single-family home prices dropped 7.7% in the first quarter in the largest year-over-year decline since the National Association of Realtors began reporting prices in 1982.
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Selling a home is a lot trickier than it used to be - here's how to be smart about pricing, presentation and incentives.
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NEW YORK (May 5) -- Americans are already paying through the nose for gasoline, and they think it's only going to get worse. read more »
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One of the icons of the Las Vegas Strip is in big trouble. The owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It's been a rough year for the Tropicana, in December the New Jersey Casino Control Commission said that the company wasn't capabl read more »
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The federal government, eager to boost the flagging economy, will start distributing special tax stimulus checks Monday - four days earlier than expected. read more »
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NEW YORK (April 20) - U.S. drivers are paying record prices to fill their gas tanks and they could see prices surge as much as 30 cents more per gallon over the next few weeks, according to an industry analyst. read more »
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