Our brains are ill-equipped to handle what they cannot foresee, the result of something known as status quo bias, an assumption that every tomorrow will pretty much look like every today.

Problem is, life constantly changes. Most changes are small and either unnoticed or easily managed. A few, however, are substantial and radically disrupt our ...Read more

The juiciest parts of the new book Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction pick up where the last scandal involving the bank left off -- manipulating interest rates amid the 2008 financial crisis. This isn't just an expose of a massive global bank. It's also the tragic story of a senior Deutsche executive, Bill...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Kim Kardashian West has followed in the footsteps of her mother, Kris Jenner, and sister Kylie Jenner, buying an undeveloped home site in La Quinta's Madison Club community for $6.3 million, records show.

The property is on the same street as the minimalist mansion that Kris Jenner purchased in 2018 for $12 million. It's also a ...Read more

The IRS is taking to the streets to track down high-income earners who aren't filing federal income tax returns or paying taxes.

A new step in an ongoing effort involves making roughly 800 face-to-face visits in the next two months to high-income individuals who haven't filed tax returns in 2018 or previous years. The Internal Revenue Service ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Wood is having a moment in the world of architecture.

Cities such as Milwaukee and Minneapolis are going all-in on an innovative type of wood whose boosters claim takes less energy to produce than concrete or steel.

It might even be on the verge of making inroads in Chicago, where the Great Fire of 1871 incinerated vast stretches of...Read more

Some people have an easier time finding an apartment than others, and it has nothing to do with their ability to pay rent.

According to a new Zillow analysis, renters of color are disproportionately more likely than white renters to pay an application fee when they are searching for a new home, even when researchers controlled for age, income ...Read more

Q: Our condominium recently let go off a popular employee. Several residents are upset and want him rehired. They are threatening to withhold their monthly dues until the board of directors gives in to their demands. What is the best way to deal with these maverick owners? -- John

A: There is a right and wrong way for unit owners to address ...Read more

An established line of psychological theory is that what we experience in late adolescence and early adulthood ends up having a large pull on our behavior throughout life. And economic gut punches pack a wallop.

Numerous studies have shown those entering the job market during a recession suffer significant and long-term income penalties, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Josh Hutcherson, who stars in the Hulu adventure-comedy series "Future Man," has sold his home in the Hollywood Hills for $2.94 million.

Obscured from the street by lush landscaping, the roughly half-acre property centers on a wood-clad Midcentury Modern-style home of nearly 1,900 square feet. Built in 1951, the single-...Read more

You've heard of moving incentives: companies offering a signing bonus to lure workers to relocate. Now, state and local governments are getting into the game, offering tax credits or actual cash to lure residents.

If you're considering a move, knowing about these incentives might help tip the scales. Perhaps you're a soon-to-be college graduate...Read more

If you live in or near Connecticut or New York state, you may have heard about mansion taxes and what they'll mean for home sales in the posh real estate markets of Manhattan or Greenwich. And then, because you don't live in a mansion in either of those states, you dismissed the notion that such taxes would ever apply to you.

Not so fast. ...Read more