Pay off a Mortgage or Save for College?

Owning their home free and clear would give this family more cash to cover tuition expenses.

All About Rents, Costs and Taxes

Let's consider a home near Pigeon Forge, Tenn., in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. You pay $600,000 with 30% down.

When You Make Your Vacation Home a Business

Should You Buy or Rent?

Renting may be smarter if home prices in your area will fall further.

3 Keys to Selling Your Home

It's still a buyer's market, But we show you how to make a quick sale and get a fair price.

Prepping Your Home for a Sale

Give your home a face-lift and stage it to get a quicker sale and a higher price.

Finding a Real Estate Agent Online

You want an agent who is full-time, experienced, energetic and congenial. Prescreen agents by checking their listings online.

Pricing Your Home for a Sale

Be prepared to strike a happy medium, but don't low-ball your initial price.

Contingency Strategies for a Smooth Sale

Contingencies protect you and your buyer, but they can also sabotage a sale.

How to Get a Fair Appraisal

A Challenge for Borrowers

Tighter lending standards imposed by banks are thwarting even low-risk home loans.

Property-Tax Relief: Rate Cuts Fairer Than Caps

Plus, a question about non-compete agreements.

Vacation Homes: Deal or No Deal?

Prices are attractive, but it's still tough to make the numbers add up.

No Double Dip for Housing

Never mind the snowy February numbers. A spring thaw is approaching.

Commercial Real Estate
Dogging the Economy

High vacancy rates and mortgage defaults won’t go away quickly.

Going Green Pays Off

Claim an energy tax credit for the home improvements you made last year.

Solutions to Real-Life Money Challenges

You have questions. We have answers.

Ask the Editors: Real-Life Home Buying & Mortgage Questions and Guidance

Ask the Editors: Real-Life Personal Finance Questions and Guidance

We have answers to all your money-management questions.

Some Points on Deducting Points

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Turning Renovations into Tax Breaks

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Keeping the Home-Buyer Credit
In the Family

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Home Buyer's Credit
-- When the Check Comes

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

How Not to Get Soaked

Water woes? When to call in a pro, and when not to call your home insurer.

The Reluctant Landlords

Homeowners put their white elephants up for rent.

Ask Kim: How to Compare Funds, ETFs

Kimberly Lankford explains how to compare the performance of similar mutual funds and ETFs, whether you can get your Medicare Part B premiums reduced, and more.

A Home Buyer Credit Meets Foreclosure

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Hints of a Rebirth for
Commercial Real Estate?

Investors are taking an interest in commercial real estate, primarily apartment and office buildings. Retail space -- not so much.

The Home Buyer Credit: Payback Time?

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges

Time to Sell the Timeshare

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Glimmers of Light on Home Prices

Sales are ticking up, but don’t expect prices to follow until the middle of the year.

Home Buyers Get a Bigger Break

First-time buyers get more time to qualify for a tax credit, and homeowners who trade up can claim a credit, too.

Deductions for Homeowners

What to Know if You Rent Out Your House

Here's what you need to know about taxes and insurance if you turn your home into rental property.

Home-Sale Profit Rules for Widows
And Widowers

A sale by year-end could double the amount of profit that is tax-free.

The Home Buyer Tax Credits Are Hot

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Home Buyer Credit: When It Comes
Time to Repay

Kiplinger editorial director Kevin McCormally and fellow tax experts Peter Blank and Mary Beth Franklin tackle your most pressing tax challenges.

Benefit from New Tax Credits Now

Don’t wait for next year’s refund. Change your withholding to boost your pay now.

A Year-End Gift for Home Buyers

No need to wait until tax-filing season to cash in on the home-buyer credit.

Don't Buy a House -- Yet

When housing prices hit bottom, they will languish near those low levels for years to come. So don’t be in a rush to buy.