• Tapping investments for homeownership down payments,Scott Olson

    Tapping investments for homeownership down payments

    Reports before Davos suggested that President Trump would announce an initiative to spur homeownership by allowing individuals to withdraw funds from their 401(k) accounts to make a down payment on a home purchase without incurring a10% early withdrawal penalty. Davos has come and gone, and we are n

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  • Foreclosure auction volume reaches highest level since Q2 2020,Sarah Wolak

    Foreclosure auction volume reaches highest level since Q2 2020

    Foreclosure auction volume in the fourth quarter of 2025 rose 48% from a year ago, reaching the highest level since the second quarter of 2020, according to Auction.com‘s Q4 2025 Auction Market Dispatch report. Volume remained 39% below the level seen in Q1 2020, just before the start of the COVID-1

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  • Gen X investors are confident, but they often lack formal retirement plans,Jonathan Delozier

    Gen X investors are confident, but they often lack formal retirement plans

    A new study commissioned by Equitable and conducted by The Wall Street Journal’s Intelligence Unit examines how Gen X is approaching investing and retirement planning. The research is based on a survey of 500 retail investors — primarily Gen X — with millennials and pre-retiree baby boomers included

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