Big Investors Snapping Up Delinquent Mortgages to Foreclose – and Rent

Date: Mar 01 2014
Filed under: Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Foreclosure, Home Rental Alamy By Heather Perlberg and John Gittelsohn With home prices rising, big real estate investors have discovered another source of cheap property: bad mortgages. American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), the second-largest ...Read More »

There’s Not One Home for Sale in San Francisco That an Average Teacher Can Afford

Date: Mar 01 2014
Filed under: Real Estate, Careers, Personal Finance, Home Buying Getty Images By Karen Weise This week, the real estate listings website Redfin published a startling statistic. In the entire city of San Francisco, not one home or apartment is available on the market ...Read More »

Q&A: How much do you need to save for retirement?

Date: Mar 01 2014
Lots. But don't be discouraged. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/ZKZmGaIsad0/ Read More »

Don’t Mourn the Loss of Bereavement Airfares

Date: Feb 28 2014
Filed under: Travel, Internet, Consumer Issues, Airfare Scott Olson/Getty ImagesTravelers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. By Justin Bachman American Airlines (AAL) has ended its bereavement fares, the discount offered to people who needed to fly immediately because of a loved one's death. That ...Read More »

Contracts to Buy Homes Barely Budge in January

Date: Feb 28 2014
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Economy Gregory Bull/AP By JOSH BOAK The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes was essentially flat in January, a possible sign of a softening real estate market. The National Association of Realtors ...Read More »

Is Your Financial Future Under Control? 2 Out of 3 of Us Answer ‘No’

Date: Feb 28 2014
Filed under: Saving Shutterstock/Africa Studio "Only about one-third of Americans are living within their means and think they are prepared for the long-term financial future. One-third are living within their means but are often not prepared for this long-term future. And one-third ...Read More »

German court rejects patent claim against Apple

Date: Feb 28 2014
Company says Apple infringed on patent for access to phones in emergencies. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/rmX1WulcFoU/ Read More »

13 infamous tax cheaters

Date: Feb 28 2014
Playing games with the IRS didn't turn out so well for the folks on this list. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/Y07Kw3N_JuI/ Read More »

Mattel gets construction toy brand Mega Bloks

Date: Feb 28 2014
Kids' construction toys is the fastest growing part of toy industry. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/c9ULsXu5ITY/ Read More »

Stocks climb, S&P 500 scales new heights

Date: Feb 27 2014
Broad index blows past Thursday's closing record of 1,854.29. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/yE3SN3nVfDY/ Read More »