The New Retirement Math: Is $465K Really ‘Rich’ Enough To Keep You in Your Home in Retirement?

Adequately saving for retirement has become a significant struggle in the last few years. On April 30, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at increasing retirement savings access for Americans not currently covered by a 401(k) or other workplace retirement plans. He proclaimed tha

Opinion: The CDFI Fund cut is the wrong answer to a real question

The administration has proposed cutting the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) from $324 million to $119.5 million in fiscal 2027, a 63% reduction from the level Congress enacted for 2026. The justification centers on waste, fraud and abuse, along with a push to redirect capita

The new age of smart security: Top builder technology trends reshaping home safety

When I started in the security technology industry two decades ago, we were selling VCRs with tape-based recording systems that lasted less than a week before you had to swap out the cassette and write on it with a marker. That was only 23 years ago. The transformation from where I started to now is

A Brooklyn Heights One-Bedroom With a Leafy Terrace for $999,000

For under a million dollars, one can find all sorts of housing configurations: park- and subway-adjacent studios, one-bedrooms hidden in carriage houses or former shoe factories, and even the occasional true two-bedroom. We’re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or... Mor