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Home prices fell to their lowest point in more than a decade in January, but that helped to lift the pace of home sales, according to a report from an industry trade group.

The new consumer bureau said Wednesday that it plans to target a kind of bank fee that makes customers see red: Overdraft protection penalty fees on checking accounts.

It's been more than four years since the financial crisis first knocked you back on your heels. You've probably been on the defensive ever since, doing your best to deflect whatever punches the economy has thrown your way. Of course, the trick to any good rope-a-dope strategy is to sit back and let your opponent tire out before you unleash your own flurry of blows.

If you aspire to become a great manager, simply striving to meet your company's actual (versus espoused) standards probably won't get you there.

A watchdog agency said Wednesday that the legal tab for former leaders of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is at least $110 million.

Americans are going to be a lot more tightfisted with their tax refunds this year, with more people planning to save the cash they get back from Uncle Sam instead of spending it.

Can I purchase an apartment building as an investment with the money I have in my IRA? -- Bernie Sauer, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

When a doctor spotted a lump on Alisha McNamara's lungs earlier this year, she and her husband Michael started panicking.

Even these mega-mansions in some of America's wealthiest neighborhoods are not immune to the housing crisis.

The country's new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking aim at big financial firms and small print, while itself enduring fire inside the Beltway.