Last year, we lamented how costly proms were: According to a Visa survey, the average prom attendee wound up dropping $807 on photos, limos, hair and makeup styling, tickets, and of course, a dress or tuxedo. Fast-forward to this year’s prom season, and an $800 tab seems cheap.
Where you live affects who you date—and who will absolutely refuse to date you. In honor of Valentine’s Day, the real estate website Trulia commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct a survey looking at the intersection of attitudes about housing and romance. Are homeowners regarded as “marriage material” more so than noncommital renters? Are people more [...]
You know all those people who bought spacious deluxe new homes in sprawling exurb developments, then lost the properties in foreclosure when the real estate market collapsed? Well, their younger siblings in college may now be living in these houses, which boast features you won’t find in a typical dorm or frat house—great rooms, chandeliers, [...]
If home prices continue to fall — and the days of steady, predictable appreciation are gone at least for the next few years — does that mean that owning a home isn’t such a good idea?
Among other surprising factoids, 44% of Americans say they'll never put money in the stock market again.
Tuesday’s Case-Shiller housing price data was unwelcome, to say the least. But I have a lot of issues with the Case-Shiller data series. And I’m a property owner. So I went looking for holes in the data.
A new study from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies reveals that one out of every four American renters—10.1 million households in total—spends more than half of its income on rent and utilities. Another 26.2% spends between 30% and 50% of household income on rent and utilities.
This week’s links cover topics ranging from school fundraisers that aren’t worth your time (and don’t raise much money), to resources for finding the best Black Friday deals, to effective, low-effort, low-cost ways to clean the bathroom.
In a study of 28 communities around the country comparing the net costs of owning versus renting between 1978 and 2009, more often than not renting was the better financial choice.
In honor the upcoming holiday weekend honoring work, here’s a roundup with a heaping share of tips celebrating the concept of working less and relaxing more.
