Metro Phoenix renters struggle with rising housing costs. What can help?

Metro Phoenix home prices hit a new record this year.

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Student loan debt: Strategies to pay it off faster, smarter

The growing student-loan problem has emerged as an issue for the 2020 presidential election. Democrat contenders Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and others have proposals to cancel or forgive much of this debt.

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Is the end of Libor a threat to financial stability?

WASHINGTON — There is little doubt in anyone's mind that by the end of 2021, the London interbank offered rate will cease to exist. But as banks prepare for the switch, a growing chorus is warning of financial-stability issues with the transition to a new interest rate benchmark.

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The Dawn of a New Era for Title

In 1964, Bob Dylan famously sang the lyrics, "Oh, the times they are a-changin." While Dylan's melodramatic anthem focused on the shifting American societal landscape during that turbulent decade, the title industry is currently undergoing its own era of change in the 21st century. 

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The Cost of Trade Wars on Housing

A forecast from Goldman Sachs says the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S.  is "kicking the tires" of growth, and added insight as to what that could mean for a recession.

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Lucara rocks — finds blue, pink diamonds at Botswana mine

Canada's Lucara Diamond (TSX:LUC) continues to find gem-quality, coloured diamonds at its Karowe mine, in Botswana, which in April yielded the 1,758-carat Sewelô (meaning "rare find") diamond, the largest ever recovered in the African country.

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Millennial Money: Surprising tricks for your credit cards

Credit cards are daily payment tools for many Americans, but yours probably also has unintended tactical uses you never thought of, such as slicing open birthday card envelopes your grandparents send.

Read more... https://wtop.com/living/2019/10/millennial-money-surprising-tricks-for-your-credit-cards/