If 2025 will be the year that you buy a home, this article is for you. Whether you're staying put in your home state or looking at moving to greener pastures (or possibly not green if you're sick of green), knowing how much you can expect to pay for a single-family home is important. We've broken down the states by their housing costs.

If you've been considering a career change in 2025, these jobs made Americans the happiest in 2024—the best part is that they don't require a university degree. Find your new career in 2025 that's high in career happiness, according to the data.

Uncover 10 steps to starting your homestead on a budget. Find out how you can get supplies, plants, and even animals basically for free, and how to maintain it all for next to nothing.

Buying something second-hand doesn't have to mean sacrificing that "brand-new" feeling or giving up quality; it simply means you've got a good nose for a great bargain. Let's explore some of the best things you can buy second-hand in 2025.

If you've reached a half-century of living life, congrats! Turning 50 is a huge milestone to be celebrated, but it's not quite time to be careless with your finances—here are some financial mistakes to be wary of.

When it comes to paying for things, sometimes using cash is the perfect way to make a payment—other times, cash is not king and can be the worst thing you could use to pay for an item. Let's see which items you should never pay for with cash.

They say that cash is still king despite the prevalence of credit cards and debit cards in today's money-moving world. Let's explore when you should use cash and why you should pay for these items in cash.

If you've finally hit 65 or 70 and think this will be the year you'll retire, congratulations! But before you take that monumental step of giving up work for good, here's your must-do retirement checklist.

Having $50,000 in your bank account is a huge milestone—congratulations! But what are you going to do with it? Sure, you could let it sit there and use it as an expense account, but that's going to get sucked up pretty quickly by life's various expenses. Here are 40 smart money moves you should make with $50,000.

Humans are creatures of habit. We do something until it becomes a habit and part of our lives. Some habits are good for you—exercising and the like. But others can prove destructive. But what hat are some of our most expensive habits, and how do we break them?

We all worry about our finances. Whether we're just starting out or are drowning in debt and trying to find the surface, it's one of the key stresses in life. If you haven't read these finance books, you're missing out!

Did you know that in 2023, regulators across the United States authorized 58% of the net rate increases requested by the S&P Index that sets utility pricing based on the markets? Power bills are going up everywhere—so here are some genius ways to save on your utility bills in 2025.