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Buying a home can throw up a surprising number of obstacles to a buyer. Primary among these is getting a mortgage. A new survey looks at the roadblocks, rejections and regrets of buying a house.
Data breaches reached a total of nearly 250 in the first two months of the year and more than a million personal records have been exposed.
American homeowners are spending big on home improvements and a new study says that will continue for the next decade. Good news for Home Depot and Lowe's.
Some 20% of more than 90,000 U.S. bank branches could be shut down by 2020. Can anything stop the rush to fintech?
If you want to buy a house in a seller's market, take these 6 steps to give yourself the best chance of getting the home you want.
Is buying a home better than renting? That depends on what your goals are and how you want to live. There are good arguments on both sides of the question.
The increasing use of smartphones for shopping has had a drastic impact on the consumer’s path to purchase, according to recent data.
The legal cannabis industry in the United States is projected to create nearly 300,000 jobs by 2020. Based on the current number of states where medical or adult use marijuana is legal, revenue is...
Some 51% of Americans think they have excellent credit credit scores, but by gender, 58% of men believe they have excellent credit compared with 45% of women. The reality is different.
Executives of midsized U.S. businesses are looking much more optimistic about the U.S. economy in 2017, and more than three-quarters expect a positive impact from the election of President Donald...
24/7 Wall St. does not want to see any lottery winner go broke. Here are the 12 things not to do for any lucky lottery winner.
A recent survey showed that one in four U.S. consumers have had their personal medical information stolen from technology systems, and half of those who experienced a breach were victims of medical...
U.S. suburbs are growing faster than cities, and here are the 10 fastest growing suburbs in the country.
A point-of-sales malware attack on Arby's restaurants exposed about 350,000 customer records, bringing the year-to-date total of compromised records to more than a million.
Nearly half of American credit card users never or rarely change their most-used credit cards. They could be missing out on some significant savings.