Advice for First-Time Homebuyers (Washington Post)
With a current real estate market that's unpredictable, what's in store for would-be buyers or those thinking about selling? The Post's special feature, Property Values: The Market & You, helps forecast what to expect in the coming months.

Turned Down for an Auto Loan? There are Options (Richfield Reaper)
(ARA) - In the current climate of declining property values, higher interest rates, and changes in available mortgage products, more and more homeowners are becoming delinquent or going into foreclosure.

Wells Fargo Helps Consumers Measure Retirement Readiness with the 'Retire Secure Index' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wells Fargo & Co. announced the launch of the Retire Secure Index , an interactive, online calculator that estimates the number of years a person's retirement funds will last once they stop working.

Couple is on track for a financially secure retirement (Austin American-Statesman)
Q: My husband and I both turned 50 this year. We have a 17-year-old son who will graduate from high school in May 2008. He works part time and is low-maintenance for us. He is undecided about college versus the military.

Crunch hits self-cert loans (Scotland on Sunday)
WHEN the writer Rhidian Brook used the Thought For The Day slot on Radio 4's Today programme last week to bemoan the difficulties he is having getting a new mortgage, it became clear the credit crunch is impacting on more than just customers and shareholders of Northern Rock.