Straightening out your finances begins with a single step: Deciding where you want to be at the end of the year. But don’t set the bar so high that you can’t reach your goals.
Welcome to 2008 — a clean slate, a thrilling opportunity to hit the financial targets you missed in 2007!
At least that’s how […]

More than 1% of all households slipped into foreclosure in 2007, as more borrowers failed to keep up on their mortgages. Nevada led the nation with the highest foreclosure rate, while California had the highest total number of foreclosures.
U.S. foreclosures jumped 75% in 2007 to more than 2.2 million filings. The end of the year […]

Sale prices posted weakest showing in 16 years
WASHINGTON - New home sales plunged in 2007 by the largest amount on record while home prices tumbled sharply in December. Analysts forecast more trouble in 2008 as housing tries to emerge from its worst slump in more than two decades.
The Commerce Department reported Monday that sales of […]