Marlene Smick remembers sitting in the back seat of her parents' car in 1958 as the family spotted an open house sign in Seward Park. Smick's father, a second-generation Japanese-American who had been incarcerated during World War II, rolled down the window to ask about the property.

"The guy, a builder, said, 'You're welcome to come look, but ...Read more

It took a global pandemic that hit women especially hard to push LinkedIn to add one of the world’s toughest jobs to its list of career titles: stay-at-home mother.

Users can now choose “self-employed” as a job description and not be required to add in the name of a business. LinkedIn is also working on adding other non-paying job ...Read more

With the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce bombshell still echoing, so begins the process of divvying up the fourth-largest fortune in the world.

Forbes puts the Microsoft Corp. co-founder's net worth at just north of $130 billion, a massive sum that includes the world's largest private family charitable foundation, a lucrative personal investment...Read more

LOS ANGELES – In early December, just as COVID-19 cases were spiraling in Los Angeles, Jennifer Grosso posted a request on her Buy Nothing Facebook group that struck a chord with her neighbors:

"If anyone has any old windows or doors they'd like taken off their hands, I'd be happy to come pick them up! I've currently got about half of what I ...Read more

Medicare Part B premiums are pegged to income reported prior to eligibility

Rate.com financial news editor

When their 65th birthday is approaching, most Americans begin seriously studying their Medicare options.

But few realize that financial moves made at age 63 can mean you will pay a higher monthly premium for Medicare Part B. It pays to ...Read more

The apartment company of Jared Kushner violated Maryland’s consumer protection laws numerous times at Baltimore-area properties by collecting debts without the required licenses, charging tenants improper fees, and misrepresenting the condition of rental units, a judge has ruled.

In a 252-page decision issued Thursday, Administrative Law ...Read more

A gauge of U.S. pending home sales rose less than forecast in March, signaling a lack of available properties is keeping some buyers sidelined even though demand for homes remains strong.

The National Association of Realtors’ index of pending home sales increased 1.9% from the prior month to 111.3, according to data released Thursday. The ...Read more

Q: I live in a condominium apartment and am confined to a wheelchair because of an injury. I pay the same monthly dues as everyone else but cannot get to the pool or other amenities because the stairs are too high. Since I cannot use the amenities, do I have to keep paying the entire monthly dues? — Felix

A: Yes, you still need to pay your ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Behind a tall, purple fence on a vacant lot in West Oakland, Adam Garrett-Clark is running a housing experiment.

About a half-dozen people who don't want to or can't afford a traditional apartment live here instead, in trailers and RVs outfitted with solar power, hot water and most of the other comforts of home. The bohemian...Read more

A new study shows Miami's housing inequality for Black homeowners keeps getting worse.

A joint venture between the data company Clever Real Estate and the nonprofit Dream Builders 4 Equality, the study shows the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area ranked fourth in a list of 15 U.S. cities with the greatest value disparities between ...Read more

More than a year since Covid-19 lockdowns put millions of apartment dwellers out of work, almost $47 billion in U.S. government rent relief is hitting the streets. For many landlords, it’s coming much too slowly.

Joaquin Villanueva, an airport janitor who owns a three-unit rental house in East Boston, had to take out a home-equity loan just ...Read more

A Florida mortgage broker has filed a complaint in federal court seeking a class-action lawsuit against Pontiac-based United Wholesale Mortgage Holdings Corp. and CEO Mat Ishbia over its March ultimatum that said the lender won't work with brokers who continue to do business with crosstown rival Rocket Companies Inc. and Wisconsin-based Fairway ...Read more

The data revolution has brought us fabulous online guides for buying cars, household appliances and many financial products. In job training, however, says Harvard economist Lawrence Katz, who has studied employment and training for decades, we lack an authoritative ranking system or otherwise foolproof buying guide. (The Obama administration ...Read more

People desperately shopping for homes in South Florida may finally have some luck. Evidence is emerging that sellers who have hibernated for months are ready to list their houses.

Over the next six months, enough of them are expected to add to the thinning number of homes for sale that buyers could have broader choices, according to analysts, ...Read more

Morningstar Investment Management studied how more than half a million 401(k) accounts performed in 2020 to see how participants reacted to the ferocious bear market that hit early in the pandemic.

The great news is that most retirement savers did nothing. They just kept their heads down and stuck with their long-term allocation plan. But those...Read more

For the first time in more than 15 years, it’s cheaper to buy a new house than a previously owned dwelling.

The premium for newly built homes vanished last month as low supply fueled price increases in the broader market and erased the discount traditionally associated with older properties.

The median sales price of a previously owned ...Read more

It’s a claim Miami has long made — but now there’s proof. New data show the city is cementing its status as the country’s next major finance capital.

According to a study by analytics firm Convergence and commissioned by the Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA), the number of registered investment advisers located in the city’s ...Read more

A long list of headaches facing taxpayers this year — including dramatic delays for many tax refunds — was outlined in a blog issued by the National Taxpayer Advocate.

It isn't your imagination. Tax season has more than its far share of "bumps in the road," as the blog released last week was titled.

Millions of taxpayers are waiting eight ...Read more

Q: With multiple public killings of unarmed Black, Indigenous and people of color by police, how can white allies offer support to colleagues of color at work, and what should they not say?

A: 1. Acknowledge the killings: Sometimes we don’t mention things because we don’t want to remind people of their pain. But what actually happens ...Read more