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The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Skip the 20% Down Payment Conventional wisdom holds that it's best to buy a home by paying 20% of its price up front, but, maybe it's better to buy a home with little money down. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Mortgage Math How long should it take to pay for your home sweet home? How a mortgage fits into your financial plan depends on you -- your goals, your plans, your spending habits, your financial personality. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Biggest Barrier Between You and Retirement If you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging. Any debt you owe is standing between you and your retirement. |
AskMen.com March 18, 2001 Luis Rodrigues |
Start Planning For Your Retirement |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Jill Ralph |
Don't Sabotage Your Retirement To give yourself a chance at a truly golden retirement, don't let inertia take hold of you -- in either your saving or your investing. |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Can You Live on $845.89 Per Month? If you think you can count on Social Security for anything resembling a comfortable retirement, think again. |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Tim Hanson |
3 Ways to Avoid a Retirement Disaster Even if your golden years are decades away, what you do now can make or break your retirement. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 |
Don't Overpay for Your Mortgage For most homeowners, the mortgage payment is by far their biggest monthly expense. Spending 60 seconds reviewing it can do wonders for your budget. So, let's take a look... |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
How to Retire Without Saving Millions What can you do to secure your retirement -- without having to save millions of dollars? Read on to see. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Why the Housing Problem Isn't Going Away Low mortgage rates should be fixing everything. So why aren't they? |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Chuck Saletta |
Are You Too Old to Start Investing? No matter how little working time you have left, you should be investing. Even if retirement is just around the corner, remember that you're looking for money to help get you through the rest of your life. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
Why You Won't Be Able to Retire Don't quit your day job just yet! There is a true crisis ahead -- and new data shows just how unprepared most Americans are to retire. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Your Smartest Money Move for 2012 If you have a high-interest mortgage, get rid of it. |
The Motley Fool July 5, 2008 Julie Clarenbach |
Is Your House Dooming Your Retirement? Your house may be your castle, but it's not likely to take care of your retirement for you. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Housing Stocks, Chipotle, and Starbucks What will the housing slump mean for "non-housing" stocks? What's in store for retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale? When will investors know that the housing slump is over? These questions are discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
To Prepay or Not to Prepay If you've ever wondered whether it's a better financial strategy to prepay your mortgage or to save more for retirement, a recent study provides a few insights. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2004 |
Optimize Your Mortgage Take a minute to see if you can benefit from even lower interest rates. |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Define Your Retirement You may have thought a lot about what you want to do in retirement, but you may not have thought as much about how your personal plans have an effect on your retirement financial planning. |
The Motley Fool November 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
The Easy Path to Home Ownership Yes, housing markets have slowed. Sure, plenty of borrowers got burned by overextending themselves. It's also a unique opportunity for those who had been previously priced out of their housing market to consider buying. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Chuck Saletta |
The 3 Things You Need to Retire The trend is clear. The conventional retirement system is rapidly falling apart, but a successful retirement is still possible, if you're willing to make the most of three very important tools. |
Financial Advisor July 2008 David J. Drucker |
Retirement On Hold With a shaky market, retirement plans must be rethought, modified and, hopefully, salvaged. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Richard Gibbons |
Profit From the Housing Bust Smart investors recognize opportunity when everyone else is panicking. If you are prepared to consider a very risky short strategy, then homebuilders and lenders might seem like obvious targets. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Julie Clarenbach |
Roundtable: Is Your Retirement in Trouble? Rising health-care and food costs and a slowing economy have hit many Americans in their debit cards -- and their retirement plans. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 |
15-Year vs. 30-Year Mortgages The mortgage you have in mind may not be best for you. |
Financial Advisor September 2012 |
Working Longer Greatly Improves Retirement Readiness Most people won't be prepared for retirement at age 65, but they will be by age 70, largely because of increased Social Security payments, concludes a report by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
A New Kind of Refi Maybe homeowners are smarter than some people think. The share of the refinancing market attributable to adjustable-rate mortgages is at its lowest level since mid-2003. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
3 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Retirement You can't afford to goof with your retirement savings. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Robert Shiller on Why Home Prices Could Fall for Several Decades After the housing market does bottom, what you should expect from it going forward? |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2009 John Rosevear |
Is It Time to Get Out of Stocks? At what point is it no longer safe to hold stocks? |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Less-Than-Zero-Savings? Don't Believe It The real numbers explain why consumers continue to buy. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Your Home Can Help You Retire Most people focus on their investment portfolios in deciding whether they can retire. Yet by doing so, they often ignore their most valuable possession: their home. |
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Housing's Health Meter Is Near Empty This table provides a quick scan of the key metrics that indicate -- and quantify -- whether the housing market is still sliding, has reached a direction-changing point, or appears to be recovering. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Real Reason to Invest for Your Retirement It's not just your cash, it's your freedom. |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
9 Mortgage Don'ts But no matter how much you owe, unless you're a lottery winner, you've probably used a mortgage to buy your home. Here are some tips on what not to do when making one of the biggest purchases of your life. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Mike Pienciak |
Get Out While You Can The housing market is still a looming threat, and all those who have piled into shares of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other speculative names, on the expectation that housing and consumer spending won't see another dip, should think twice. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Will You Live Off Your House? The historical record shows that relying on your home to do more than house you in retirement can be risky. |
AskMen.com Alex Matjanec |
Tips For First-Time Home Buyers Though many homeowners are shaking their fists at the current housing market, this much is certain: Those considering a first home have a great opportunity to score their dream pad at a fraction of the cost. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Make These 4 Money Mistakes Parents are making some wrong moves with their money. When it comes to saving for their children's college education, a lot of parents are making mistakes that are keeping their money from working as hard as it could for them. |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2008 Claire Stephanic |
Millionaire on Minimum Wage How much does it take to make millions? Not as much as you may think. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Buying Stocks With Your Home Refinancing your home in order to get capital to invest in the stock market may not be a good idea. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2009 Rich Smith |
Oops! I Forgot to Save for Retirement! Actually, I didn't. But maybe you did? |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How to Prevent a Retirement Implosion Even if you think you've saved enough for a comfortable retirement, you're not out of the woods yet. The key is making it through the first few years. Here's how. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 John Rosevear |
It's Not Too Late to Save Your Retirement No matter your age, there are still things you can do to improve your retirement. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Housing Prices: Another 7%-10% Left to Fall The slow slide continues. For at least the next year or two, everyone touching the residential housing industry, from Home Depot to Citigroup, will continue to feel the aftermath of this historic bust. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Ariely on Retirement Planning A new guideline on how much money you'll need during retirement. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 John Reeves |
Your Retirement Has Been Obliterated The Great October Panic blew a big hole in a lot of people's retirement plans. But as long as you've got time -- and even people in retirement have decades left to plan for -- there's always hope. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Points for Mortgage Savvy It doesn't always pay to pay discount points. |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
When the Best-Laid Plans Go Awry Retirement doesn't always happen when or how you plan. It is therefore important to start saving early. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Housing Stocks Gone Wild? Housing stocks rebound after more horrible news. Has all the bad news already been built into the stock prices of homebuilders? Should investors move in to housing stocks? Those questions are answered in this video. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Morgan Housel |
A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture. |