You’ve saved up a nice little nest egg to fund your retirement, but despite all of your hard work scrimping and saving, you’re worried you might need some extra income to fully enjoy your golden years. A reverse mortgage can be a great way to access additional funds by tapping into the equity you’ve built
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Economic inequality, especially among Blacks and Hispanics, ultimately leads to financial insecurity in retirement that is made worse by a shift from pensions to individual 401(k) savings accounts. That’s the conclusion of a new report released Sept. 1 by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), a non-profit research organization based in Washington, D.C. Even
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Personal insurance policy renewal letters, the first sent since the state insurance commissioner enacted a rule June 20 to ban insurance companies from using credit information to set rates, have begun arriving in mailboxes and e-mail inboxes around  Washington with what AAA calls shocking news. AAA, which provides travel and insurance-related services, wants consumers to
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Homeowners are seeing “dramatically” higher numbers in the latest assessed values for residential property throughout Pierce County. Overall, home values went up 16 percent this year, compared to 9 percent in 2020. The jump is due to a red-hot real estate market, said Assessor-Treasurer Mike Lonergan, whose office mailed notices in late June to taxpayers.
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