Down payments have surged since before the pandemic. How much are first-time and repeat buyers really putting down today, and how does your number compare?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Terri Williams is a journalist covering housing trends. If you plan on buying a house, you often need to make a 20% down payment.

Americans have seen the overall cost of living increase by nearly 20% since 2020, which is causing budgets to be stretched, and in some cases, significantly. For many, following common advice like ...

Liliana Hall was a writer for CNET Money covering banking, credit cards and mortgages. Previously, she wrote about personal credit for Bankrate and CreditCards.com. Starting Oct. 1, millions of ...

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Making principal-only payments on student loans (either monthly or just occasionally) can help speed up the payback time and lower your overall borrowing costs. But just making extra payments on your ...

An authorized payer may not accept charges for a student. Only the student can do this, and the recommended way is online through his/her myRedDragon account. An authorized payer will be prompted to ...

In less than two months, one in five Americans are set to restart federal student loan payments. But interest resumes in just a few weeks. Collectively, more than 43 million people owe the U.S.

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