Tyler Foster
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Existing home sales fell to the lowest level in 9 months — and mortgage rates just ticked back up to 6.05%
Spring is supposed to be when the housing market wakes up. In 2026, it hit the snooze button. Existing home sales slid 3.6% from February...
Record credit card debt tops $1.277 trillion as average APR climbs to 22.13%
If you carry the average American credit card balance, roughly $6,360 according to recent industry estimates, your monthly interest bill now runs about $117 before...
A credit card startup just applied to become a national bank for the first time in 20 years — and it only serves people with bad credit
Mission Lane has spent the past eight years issuing unsecured credit cards to people most banks won’t touch. Now the Richmond, Virginia-based fintech wants to...
How much $100,000 earns in a high-yield savings account right now — with the best rates still above 4% APY
A $100,000 deposit in a high-yield savings account paying 4.00% APY will generate roughly $4,000 in interest over a full year. Push that rate to...
Is 6.05% a good enough mortgage rate to buy now — or should you wait for a number that might never come?
A couple pre-approved for $400,000 this month faces a question that no spreadsheet can fully answer: lock in a 30-year mortgage at 6.05%, or hold...
The new $6,000 senior tax deduction could eliminate federal taxes on Social Security for millions — but most retirees don’t know about it yet
A retired postal worker in Ohio earning $32,000 a year from Social Security used to owe roughly $800 in federal taxes on those benefits. This...
The SAVE plan is officially dead and a new repayment plan launches July 1 — what borrowers in their 20s need to do in the next 70 days
About 70 days from now, on July 1, 2026, a brand-new federal student loan repayment plan goes live. For millions of borrowers in their 20s...
Uber just invested $500 million in Lucid and committed to 35,000 robotaxis — here’s what that means for ride prices and gig drivers
Somewhere in San Francisco right now, an Uber driver is sitting in traffic, watching a Waymo robotaxi glide past with no one behind the wheel....