Myth 1: Family gatherings are torture.
Home for the holidays. The very image can cause us to develop excruciating holiday back spasms, sometimes as early as September—because the cliché of familial holiday bliss has an evil twin: that of the dysfunctional family at its worst. For the legion of CDFs (Children of Dysfunctional Families), […]

By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com
Last Updated: December 10, 2009: 7:18 AM ET
 
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Foreclosure filings fell by 8% in November, making it the fourth consecutive month of improvement in the housing market.
 
There were 306,627 filings last month, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties. That decline follows a 3% drop […]