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10 States Where Homeowners Are Falling Furthest Behind on Their Mortgages

Mortgage trouble rarely starts with one dramatic financial disaster. More often, it creeps into a household budget through higher everyday expenses, an unexpected repair, a job change, or a few bills that suddenly seem determined to arrive at the same time. Recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage performance data show…

The Free Financial Advisor · Sep 3

The Best Financial Decision May Be the One That Makes Your Net Worth Go Down

Net worth gets treated like the scoreboard of personal finance, but sometimes the smartest financial move makes that number smaller. Paying for a major home repair, replacing an unreliable car with cash, or using savings to eliminate expensive debt can leave someone with fewer dollars in the bank even while…

The Free Financial Advisor · Sep 1

How Vought reshaped regulation

Vought and his allies have reshaped the CFPB into an industry-friendly, less aggressive regulator

Salon · Sep 1

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Your Bank Can Close Your Account and Legally Refuse to Tell You Why

The first sign of trouble is rarely a letter. It’s the embarrassment of a declined debit card at the grocery store, then a notice on your banking app that the account is closed. No accusation. No phone call. Often no reason you can use.

Clever Dude · Sep 1

Should You Remove the Escrow Amount From Your Monthly Budget After You Pay Off Your Home—or Keep Saving It?

Making your final mortgage payment can feel like getting an enormous raise. If you’ve been sending the lender $1,800 every month, seeing that obligation disappear...

Saving Advice · Aug 31

Should You Pay Off a 0% Credit Card Before the Promotional Rate Ends?

A 0% credit card can feel like a rare financial freebie, but the deal comes with a ticking clock. If a balance remains when the promotional period ends, the regular APR generally kicks in on the remaining balance, which can turn a comfortable payment plan into a much more expensive…

The Free Financial Advisor · Aug 31

Before You Give an Adult Child Access to Your Bank Account, Understand These 5 Alternatives

Maybe you’re getting tired of managing bills, worried about what would happen during a hospitalization, or simply want an adult child to help keep an...

Saving Advice · Aug 30

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AI Deepfake Scams Are Draining the Remittances Latino Families Send Home — Here's How to Fight Back

Deepfake voice scams are draining remittances Latino families send home. Digital ID theft is up 84% in Latin America. Here's how to protect your transfers.

Latin Times · Aug 29

AI Agents Are Buying Things Online. Those Setting The Rules Aren't Govt. Regulators.

A 40-member industry body now governs the standard AI agents use to spend money. Washington has issued no rules of its own. The gap between them is where the risk lives.

International Business Times · Aug 29

Federal Agencies Withdraw 2022 Guidance on Special Credit Programs — What Borrowers Should Know

Seven federal agencies have withdrawn a 2022 policy statement that encouraged banks and other creditors to use special purpose credit programs to expand access to financing for underserved groups. The rescission took effect August 25, 2026, and affects guidance involving the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, commonly called ECOA, and its…

The Free Financial Advisor · Aug 26

Your Wife Handles All the Money — 7 Things You Still Need to Know

When one spouse handles nearly every financial task, life can run beautifully until something interrupts the routine. Bills get paid, investments get monitored, taxes get filed, and somehow the other spouse can go years without knowing where the important financial pieces live. That arrangement can work, but it creates a…

Clever Dude · Aug 25

The $1,000-a-Month Upgrade: What a Bigger House Really Costs Beyond the Mortgage

A bigger house can look like a simple upgrade on paper: more bedrooms, a larger kitchen, maybe that glorious bonus room that finally gives the treadmill somewhere to live besides the bedroom. But the mortgage payment tells only part of the story, because a larger home can also bring higher…

Everybody Loves Your Money · Aug 25

What Happens to Your Money If You’re in the Hospital for 30 Days?

A month in the hospital can turn your financial life upside down even when you have good health insurance. The medical bills are the obvious...

Saving Advice · Aug 23

Your Emergency Fund Is $20,000 — Is That Too Much Cash to Keep Sitting in the Bank?

A $20,000 emergency fund sounds wonderfully responsible until a little voice asks whether that money should do more. Cash provides a financial shock absorber, but an oversized cushion can also leave money parked in an account when some of it could serve another goal.

Everybody Loves Your Money · Aug 23

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Everybody Loves Your Money · Aug 22

The $700 Car Payment Problem: When Does a Newer Car Become Too Much for Your Budget?

A $700 car payment can sound perfectly reasonable when the salesperson presents it as just one number on a worksheet. The trouble starts when that payment joins insurance, fuel, maintenance, registration, parking, and the occasional repair, turning a shiny new vehicle into a much bigger monthly commitment.

Budget and the Bees · Aug 22

You’re the One Who Handles All the Money — What Happens If You Suddenly Can’t?

In many households, one person quietly becomes the chief financial officer. They pay the mortgage, monitor bank accounts, renew insurance, file taxes, know which credit card is on autopay, and remember where every important document lives. That division of labor may work perfectly—until an illness, accident, hospitalization, or other emergency…

Budget and the Bees · Aug 21

The Divorce Expense Women Rarely Budget For: Rebuilding an Entire Household

Divorce budgets tend to have some obvious line items: attorneys, court costs, housing, insurance and perhaps the cost of selling or refinancing a home. Then someone moves into a new apartment or house and realizes she doesn’t own a can opener.

Everybody Loves Your Money · Aug 21

Your Mortgage Payment Went Up — Even Though You Have a Fixed Rate. Here’s Why

A fixed-rate mortgage is supposed to deliver one beautiful little promise: stability. So when the mortgage payment suddenly climbs, it can feel like the lender quietly changed the rules while nobody was looking. The good news is that a higher payment does not necessarily mean the interest rate on the…

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Everybody Loves Your Money · Aug 21

The First Year of Homeownership Can Cost More Than Buyers Expect: 8 Expenses That Hit After Closing

Buying a home can make closing day feel like the finish line, but financially, it often marks the starting gun. The down payment, closing costs, and moving expenses can drain a savings account quickly, and then the house starts introducing a whole new collection of bills.

Saving Advice · Aug 20

You’re Named as Someone’s Power of Attorney — 8 Things to Know Before You Ever Use It

Being named in someone’s power of attorney can sound straightforward: if they ever need financial help, you step in and handle things. In reality, signing...

Saving Advice · Aug 20

What Happens to Your Debt When You Die? What Your Family Is — and Isn’t — Responsible For

Death does not necessarily erase a mortgage, credit-card balance, medical bill, or personal loan, but it also does not automatically hand those debts to your...

Everybody Loves Your Money · Aug 20

6 Home Inventory Details Insurers May Ask For After a Loss

When a fire, severe storm, theft, or other covered event damages a home, an insurance company may ask for surprisingly specific details about the things inside it. That is where a home inventory can go from boring household paperwork to one of the most useful documents in the house.

Saving Advice · Aug 19

Retired With a Mortgage? Ask These 7 Questions Before Using Savings to Pay It Off

Entering retirement with a mortgage can feel uncomfortable, especially for someone who spent decades believing the house should be paid off before the final paycheck...

Saving Advice · Aug 19

If You Become Incapacitated, Who Can Access Your Bank Account?

Most people know what happens to a bank account after its owner dies, or at least know that wills, beneficiaries, and estate rules come into...

Budget and the Bees · Aug 19

Asked to Be an Executor? 8 Things Women Should Know Before Saying Yes

Being named executor in someone’s will can feel like an honor, but saying yes may mean accepting months of paperwork, financial decisions and responsibility during an already emotional time. An executor doesn’t simply read the will and hand out inheritances: the job can involve locating property, dealing with creditors, protecting…

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