Your House is Worth More Than Ever. Should You Take Out a HELOC?
Home values are up. Way up. According to the real estate website Zillow.com, the average home's value has shot up ...
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How This Texan Paid Off $50,000 in Debt in 5 Years
When Glen Zubia graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2009, he had just over $50,000 in ...
How This Millennial Paid Off $81,000 in Student Loan Debt
After earning an undergraduate degree in theater in 2006 and a master's degree in performance studies in 2011, Melanie Lockert ...
How to Recover From Your Holiday Spending Spree
Christmas can't come quickly enough for some people's bank accounts. Between teacher gifts, hostess presents and last-minute additions to the ...
How Moving Into a Camper Helped These Newlyweds Pay Off $50,000 in Debt
After tying the knot in 2014, Zack and Jen McCullock took a hard look at their finances. They realized that ...
No Savings, No Backup Plan, No Fairy Godmother: How to Handle a Financial Disaster
A financial disaster is hard enough to navigate. But it gets even harsher when you have no emergency fund or ...
How This Same-Sex Couple Paid Off $51,000 in 3 Years
At one point, David Auten and John Schneider had $51,000 in credit card debt, despite the fact that they both ...
Parents Are Risking Their Finances to Pay for College
For Natalie Lynch, sending three children to college has been a source of pride. But with it came a nasty ...
The Way You're Paying for Your College Student's Education Could Be Changing
If universities lack the ability and sophistication to better steer parents away from overwhelming parental debt, then perhaps the federal ...
How to Manage Your Debt as Interest Rates Rise
For seven years, the Federal Reserve didn’t touch interest rates. After bringing the federal funds rate – that is, the ...
