CHICAGO -- Some suburban voters are facing key decisions about hiking property taxes in the April 1 election, but if the past is precedent, “the few will decide for the many” again, according to a report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office.

Referendums for $45 million in infrastructure spending in Western Springs, $94.9 ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — San Diego home price gains slowed to their lowest level to start 2025 in almost two years.

In January, the San Diego metropolitan area’s home price increased 3.39% annually, said the S&P Case-Shiller Indices report released this week. The highest gains in the 20-city index were in the New York metro area, at 7.75%, and Chicago, ...Read more

Finding my first place out of college, I didn’t need too much. So long as the walls weren’t stained with gunk from previous tenants and the kitchen was operable, I was satisfied.

For most people, that makes finding an apartment rather easy. But Freddie, my sweet — sometimes high-maintenance — pit bull mix, complicated matters.

Freddie ...Read more

Tucked in a former textile-manufacturing section of the Philadelphia's East Falls section, an open warehouse space is home to a paintball-goggle maker, an online glass distributor, a seamstress, and other small-business founders.

It's the two-year-old, newly-expanded Philadelphia center of WareSpace, which is taking the U.S. warehouse boom into...Read more

Eric McCullough spent months looking for an affordable place of his own but then moved into an apartment with his daughter, his only option to make ends meet.

McCullough, 59, lives on disability insurance and said he could not find apartments or houses for rent that he could afford on those payments alone.

“The magic question, to me, is what...Read more

When Ilya Schwartzburg and his wife moved to Philadelphia from New York City, they were looking forward to lower housing costs, closer proximity to friends, and a shift from renting to homeownership.

But they expected that one of the more unpleasant aspects of urban life would remain constant.

“I thought I would have to deal with rats as a ...Read more

Inflation is like that houseguest who just won’t leave. Even though it has cooled since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation is still hanging around 3% — higher than the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal.

But what really matters to your wallet is the impact inflation is having on your finances. Prices today are 23.3% higher than they were...Read more

Deciding when to start taking Social Security benefits is one of the biggest questions retirees face. The truth is that the right answer will depend on your unique financial circumstances, but there are some general guidelines that can help you think through the decision.

If you’re looking for specific advice, it may be helpful to work with ...Read more

Suze Orman is one of the most well-known financial advisers in the U.S. and has been offering Americans advice on saving for retirement for decades.

Orman got her start with Merrill Lynch in the 1980s before eventually founding her own firm. She has written several books on financial planning and hosted a show on CNBC for more than a decade. ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire efforts to reshape the federal government, from its size to immigration, regulation and foreign policy, has contributed to increased volatility and some deep drops in the stock markets' values.

With many Americans’ retirement savings tied directly to markets, the rollercoaster has upset many, with some ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Cody Recker and Jessica Perez loved their Boyle Heights rental — warts and all. Lots of warts.

The plumbing broke, spraying raw sewage puddles on the floor. The floor and foundation were falling apart, inviting hordes of mice and fleas. The basement flooded 14 times, and there were so many leaks in the attic that mushrooms ...Read more

Philadelphia is looking into proactively inspecting rental homes for safety and health instead of relying on tenants’ complaints to trigger inspections, according to a city official who testified at a City Council hearing Tuesday.

The Department of Licenses and Inspections has started working with the Pew Charitable Trusts to conduct research...Read more

Throughout history, women have had to push to achieve parity with men in many arenas. And financing a home purchase is no different.

From not being able to sign for their own loans to outnumbering single male buyers, here is a recent history overview of the changes and trends that helped shape mortgage financing and home buying opportunities ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Courtney McCallum is making more money than she anticipated earning at 30 years old.

Still, the magazine editor said, “I am living paycheck to paycheck.”

McCallum and her husband, an accountant, would love to buy a house and start a family, she said, but they are holding off until they can save more.

Student loans, car ...Read more

When a string of hurricanes ravaged the East Coast this past fall and a cluster of wildfires burned the Los Angeles area in January, tens of thousands of displaced people suddenly needed shelter.

A Twin Cities-made website specializing in mid-term rentals — stays of longer than a vacation but not more than a year — hopes to help these ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Cody Draper stood outside his Boise Bench warehouse on a cold February afternoon and watched as a crane truck, flooding the area with the smell of diesel, lifted a house into the sky.

Workers carefully placed the home out of the way, then slid green straps over a second home to lift. Those homes, says Draper, could be a ...Read more

Not long ago, dentists were about as welcome as a toothache at shopping centers.

Landlords preferred more conventional retailers in their malls, relegating dentists to out-of-the-way locations if they would lease space to them at all.

Now they are prominent tenants in many shopping centers as part of a growing trend of medical-retail or "...Read more

Can a mortgage product tainted by the financial crisis come back to revive U.S. housing? The answer could reorient the housing market and give the Federal Reserve greater control over consumer spending in the years ahead.

A lack of affordability has hindered housing transactions the past two years, frustrating would-be buyers and, more recently...Read more