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Realtor.com launches 3 new affordability tools for buyers

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Having ‘The Talk’ With Your Parents About Their Finances

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Cameron Huddleston, author of the smart new book Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations With Your Parents About Their Finances, remembers the birds-and-the-bees talk she had as a child with her mother. Huddleston says she’d g… Continue reading →

Get Your Finances on Track in Under 10 Minutes a Day

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Personal finance writer Jonathan Clements says you can build a happier, more prosperous financial life just by spending five or 10 minutes a day for 77 days — less than three months. Dubious? I confess I was until I read his new book on how to do it, F… Continue reading →

Penny: Powering the future of conversations at Credit Karma

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In March, Credit Karma acquired a three year old company by the name of Penny. For those of you not already familiar, Penny was a personal finance app that served hundreds of thousands of people primarily by having conversations about your finances. The acquisition aligns with Credit Karma’s bigger vision—a vision that we’re betting conversation […]

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Millennials Are Helping Their Boomer Parents Manage Finances

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Since millennials (men and women age 22 to 37) are just getting started managing their money and launching their careers, many of their boomer parents are giving them financial advice. But here’s a twist: Some millennial kids are trying to help their p… Continue reading →

Credit Karma Unclaimed Money Will Help Return Billions of Dollars to Americans

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If you’ve ever found money under the couch, we’ve got some news for you. There is over $40 billion hiding in America’s proverbial couch. It’s called unclaimed money, and it’s owed to tens of millions of people. The problem is most people don’t know they have money just sitting with the state, waiting to be […]

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Three Things Consumers Should Know About Gift Cards This Holiday Season

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December 16, 2016 More than half of consumers (55.9 percent) will buy gift cards this holiday season, making them the second most popular purchase, after clothing, according to new data from the National Retail Federation. The typical consumer will buy three gift cards, with an average of $46 each. Gift card purchases peaked in 2014, when […]

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