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Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further this year.
Lots of people, especially those trying to battle high utility bills, believe in energy-efficient homebuilding.
Home prices fell just 2.5% during the last three month of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a closely watched gauge of home price movement. That was a big improvement over the past three years.
The recent spike in the number of delinquent Federal Housing Administration-insured loans has some people worried that taxpayers will eventually have to bail the agency out.
Bernie Madoff. Allen Stanford. You don't have to go too far to find bad financial advisers. What are some red flags that investors should keep an eye out for?
As pictures and video of the devastation in Haiti rolls in, individual donations are soaring. To make sure your contribution makes the most impact, we have some tips for you.
Here are some of the White House's proposals:
The stimulus package is one year old and if you still are looking for work, you can look for jobs funded by stimulus spending. To find the jobs, you'll have to follow the money.
Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. It's expected to be the biggest headline from the president's State of the Union Address. And for good reason. In January of 2009, the unemployment rate was 7.7%. That jumped to 10% in December of 2009. That's almost 3 and a half million more people out of work than last year.
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The bright spot of the dreary 2009 economy: savings for everyone.
With stocks up more than 60% since hitting bottom last March, the red ink is finally fading on the typical 401(k) account. Yes, it's safe to look at your statement again: Balances for boomers who have worked 10 to 20 years at the same company are now down less than 3% on average, compared with pre-crash levels; younger employees and 45- to 64-year-olds with less tenure are solidly back in the black.
Richard and Cheryl Ebers began their married life together just nine years ago. She was divorced and raising two sons (now adults); he was a widower with a young boy of his own (Eric, now 13 ).
Next year was supposed to be a great year for you to die. Not great for you, of course, but for your heirs who would inherit your wealth completely tax free.
The government does without roughly a trillion dollars a year because of a slew of tax breaks -- everything from the mortgage-interest deduction, to education and child credits, to low rates on investments.
Nothing with taxes is ever simple, even when you're getting a tax break.
Speeders doing more than 85 miles per hour in Georgia will soon pay an additional $200 in fines. Racehorse owners in New York now must fork over $10 to enter their steeds in events. And Massachusetts started charging a 5% tax on broadcast satellite service.
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