Personal Finance

5 things homebuyers should focus on instead. If you’ve been waiting for home prices to go down before you buy, you might be waiting a long time, experts say.

When transitioning from renter to homeowner, it’s easy to think the monthly mortgage will be the only high cost. Unfortunately, many first-time homeowners have made that mistake, and lots have lived to regret it, wondering how they’ll handle all the additional costs.

In the past, boomers and generation Xers often held on to jobs for 10 or more years. Some professionals stayed with the same company for most of their working lives. The Great Recession changed this for many.

If you’re looking forward to an outing or vacation that includes a rental car, don’t wait until the moment you’re signing a rental agreement to think about your insurance situation. With some advance research, you might avoid paying for duplicate coverage or facing a hefty bill in the event of an accident.

Your child wants to play a musical instrument. What’s that going to cost?

Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, many people in the U.S. are trying to help family and friends, and those who’ve fled the country, including finding ways to send them money directly.

Would you buy a home without ever seeing it in person? If that seems like a stretch to you, it isn’t to a good number of young people. According to a new report, many millennials would purchase a home sight unseen. The reasons why reflect the craziness of the housing market.

A resume has one job: to get you an interview. But when you're crafting a modern-day resume, you may need to write for computers and humans alike.

The Federal Reserve recently announced – in order to fight inflation – several rate hikes will likely be coming, the first of which already happened last month with the U.S Prime Rate increase of 0.25%. Here’s what potential hikes might mean for you.

Making an offer isn’t as easy as it used to be. Bidding wars are common in today’s housing market – and they can get heated. So how do you make sure your offer is the one the seller can’t refuse?