Lifestyle and Budget

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have struggled with contaminated tap water throughout the U.S. this year.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have struggled with contaminated tap water throughout the U.S. this year.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed for the seventh straight week following Donald Trump's election victory, again marking new highs for the year.

She’s a world renowned chef, but her path to the top wasn’t always an easy one.

Wal-Mart has a new program that offers prizes as incentives to get its legion of shoppers to sock away money in saving accounts.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed for the seventh straight week following Donald Trump's election victory, again marking new highs for the year.

It’s been a tough year for supplement retailer GNC (NYSE:GNC).

U.S. builders’ confidence in the market for single-family homes jumped in December to the highest level in more than a decade, when the sector was near its precrisis peak.

The holidays will inspire a record number of Americans to travel this season.

Learn how the increase of the federal fund rate will affect interest rates on credit cards and why you should pay your debt down as fast as possible.

Competition is likely to keep today's low rates in check for the time being.

Taxpayers will fork over nearly $10 billion more next year to cover double-digit premium hikes for subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's law, according to a study being released Thursday.

If you're about to buy a home, shop for a car or borrow for college, the pros have some advice: Go ahead.

The Federal Reserve has raised a key interest rate in response to a strengthening U.S. economy and expectations of higher inflation, and it foresees three more rate hikes in 2017.

Housing is a $26 trillion market.

High-end SUVs are on pace to outsell luxury cars in the U.S. for the first time ever.

A key Republican lawmaker wants to overhaul the nation's Social Security program, proposing to gradually increase the retirement age and slow the growth of benefits for higher-income workers.