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When it comes to buying a home now, there are plenty of challenges. But homeownership can be a great way to build wealth and to maintain housing stability, said Kamila Elliott, a certified financial planner and co-founder and CEO of Collective Wealth Partners, a boutique advisory firm in Atlanta. Achieving that goal now can be challenging, with
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In this article SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tomml | E+ | Getty Images A new deal to lift the nation’s debt ceiling includes fresh work reporting requirements for 50-something adults who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits. The change could result in almost 750,000 adults ages 50 to 54 losing
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Harvard Yard, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer | Getty Images This year’s high school graduating class faced one of the toughest college-application seasons on record. At the nation’s top schools, including many in the Ivy League, “it’s never going to be harder to get in,” said Hafeez Lakhani, founder
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File photo of graduates of Baruch College participate in a commencement program at Barclays Center, Monday, June 5, 2017, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Bebeto Matthews | AP In the days ahead, 125,000 graduating high school seniors will receive automatic acceptance letters from the State University of New York, Governor Kathy Hochul announced
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Most homeowners are planning to remodel at some point down the road, but not everyone will get their money’s worth in improved home value. Of all home improvement projects, the most popular are sparkling bathroom overhauls, according to newly released data from the Contractor Growth Network, followed by big-ticket kitchen and basement renovations. In some
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Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Americans’ confidence they can live comfortably in retirement has dropped the most since the global financial crisis in 2008, according to a recent report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research. One reason is high inflation, which has reduced both workers’ and retirees’ belief that their
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