Workaholic Americans don’t take all their vacation

More proof that Americans are workaholics: Even when we get paid vacation, many of us don’t take it. A new survey of employees finds that only 25 percent of employees with paid time off took all of their vacation days last year. What’s worse, 15 percent...

Rent a home or buy? Depends where you live

Is it cheaper to rent a place to live? Or buy? A lot depends on where you live. Until the housing collapse in 2007, conventional wisdom held that buying was a no-brainer: Home prices never went down, the tax code offered generous savings to buyers and homeownership...

Video: 3 reasons real estate agents are worth their 6% cut

Real estate agents still ‘very integral’ Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014 | 9:45 AM ET Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff gives three reasons why online housing data provided by his firm and others are not a substitute for agents. Even in this age of the Internet, real...

Why millennials have a tough time landing jobs

It’s job-hunting season on campuses across the country, and the anemic job market is adding some extra stress to spring for many millennials. Recent college graduates are facing less unemployment than those without college degrees, but a study by the Georgetown...