If you are looking to start over, Raleigh is a pretty good place to start. This week, Danielle Bingham, 52, moved into a lovely 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house on a half-acre just outside Raleigh, N.C. — a step she couldn’t have imagined a decade ago. She paid $175,000 for the 2,000-square-foot [Keep reading]
Tis the season of panic shopping. It’s not quite “I’d better just buy an e-gift card” season yet, but almost. It’s the time where people start to resort to online shopping as its easier and faster, shopping online for mums is particularly popular as they always have so many to [Keep reading]
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One out of three U.S. consumers has a debt in collections, but it often seems like three out of three have received a debt collection call recently. That suggests a lot of people are getting calls when they shouldn’t. What can you do if a debt collector is bothering you over a mistake? With 77 [Keep reading]
Some consumers are so annoyed by the new chip-enabled credit cards that they’ve begun avoiding stores that require them, a survey from Mercator Advisory Group, a payment industry research firm, claims. That’s an unwanted headache for small business owners, especially those fighting for shoppers during the busy holiday season. The “avoiders” group is small but [Keep reading]
Not long ago, Cara was sharing a $3,200 rental payment with roommates. Today, she makes a $770 monthly mortgage payment to own a home that’s about the same size. What happened? She moved, of course. From Washington D.C. to Buffalo, N.Y. Recently, Credit.com shared a list of America’s least expensive [Keep reading]
Ryan Will was shopping at a Loews near his Washington State home recently and got one of those calls from his credit card issuer, USAA. The operator was trying to verify if a pending credit card change was legitimate. In this case, it was $800 at a plastic surgeon’s office somewhere in [Keep reading]
American families are stressed and squeezed by economic math that works against them. For example, as I wrote recently, homes in zip codes with at least one above-average school cost twice as much as homes in zips without a good school. I’ll repeat this message because it’s so important: the [Keep reading]
The idea of a “Second Act” has captured America’s imagination for several reasons. People are living longer, and careers are getting shorter, leading many to search for new meaning as life changes. But if you really want to learn something about second acts, check out Laura Coffey’s new book, My [Keep reading]
While you were busy digesting turkey and playing with your smartphone, a remarkable thing happened to American culture. More people shopped online than in stores on Black Friday this year, according to Adobe Systems, a remarkable digital milestone. And, as you might imagine, a disaster for old-fashioned stores. It’s time to [Keep reading]
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