If you decide to buy a new home before selling your old one, a great real estate agent can help manage the web of transactions. It might feel like a high-wire act at times, but it’s absolutely possible to buy a new home before you’ve sold your old one. Vickey Barron,...

Recent data suggests that the majority of Americans' feeling that they're in control of their daily finances may be more felt than earned. Three-quarters of Americans (75%) feel in control of their day-to-day finances, according to NerdWallet’s August Financial...

Talking openly about your money choices may make it easier to hit your financial goals. If you don’t like talking about money, you’re probably not going to like loud budgeting, but you may want to consider it anyway. That’s because loud budgeting is a way to get clear...

The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. Saving for college has been a financial challenge for me ever since becoming a mom. Like many money-related questions, there are no cookie-cutter answers that apply to everyone. Rather,...

New data suggests that some households are providing financial help to loved ones even with strained budgets of their own. When family asks for money help, your decision can be muddied by guilt, obligation, cultural expectations and a desire to make sure loved ones...

Credit card marketing contains a lot of fluff. Pay attention to what features really matter, and ignore the stuff you’d get with any card. To stand out in the highly competitive credit card market, issuers often load up their advertising with features and perks that...

A simple rule can prevent you from overdoing it with a home equity line of credit. Home equity lines of credit, or HELOCs, come with a lot of benefits. These include flexibility, low rates (compared to personal loans and credit cards) and a long payoff window. The...

Nearly half of insured Americans are stressed by the cost of insurance, but few are shopping around or switching. Insurance rates have skyrocketed since the pandemic, and jaw-dropping renewal notices have left many consumers stretched thin when it comes to protecting...

A travel credit card is typically the easiest and most direct way to earn points or miles, but you can do so without one when you put in some extra effort. Even if you don’t have a travel credit card, you can still find ways to save on your next trip. Airline and...

As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a gardener’s house. Full sun. Full composter. Native perennials. While the raised beds had seen better days, the soil within them was soft and lovingly tended. It was exactly the kind of place my husband and I had been waiting to...