Real Estate Financial Fitness Q&A

Wondering what’s the latest in real estate? Every year, the Financial Planning Association of New York sponsors a “Financial Fitness Day” at New York University,...

Rent Was Too Damn High. Now It’s Even Higher

The data on housing costs isn’t pretty. Most experts recommend spending no more than one-third of your income on housing, and yet, in a new study, nearly one in...

A New Kind Of Homeless

The Christmas season was not made any brighter by the release of a survey from the U.S. Conference of Mayors showing that the demand for homeless shelter has...

Will We Ever Retire?: How to Retire Cheaply--and Well

If your 401(k) has been mauled, don't despair. You can still retire comfortably by taking control of your expenses--especially housing costs. One popular way to...

In Brief: Sep. 4, 2000

WEB HOAX Shares of Emulex Corp. plunged some 67% last Friday, after a fake press release appeared on the Internet Wire site. It was soon picked up by other...

A Faulty Gauge for Inflation

July's stunning 15.4% annual rise in the consumer price index dramatized anew a serious flaw in the way the Government measures inflation. The Bureau of Labor...

Business: Creative Home Financing

New homeowners these days often feel that getting a mortgage is akin to getting mugged. Soaring interest rates and skyrocketing housing costs mean that fewer...

Living: What Makes Home Sweet

Rating the most desirable cities in the U.S. The ideal place to live in the U.S.? Most of the 5 million Americans who move to a new state each year might...

Business: WHY U.S. HOUSING COSTS TOO MUCH

THE U.S. has long prided itself on being the best-housed nation in human history. Now, that standing is jeopardized by the soaring cost of homes and apartments...

Special Report: A Tale of Two Families

Westerners cannot fail to be fascinated by the living standards of the Chinese; many Chi nese in turn are almost as curious about details of mei-kuo — American...