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When It Makes Sense to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early 04/18/2017 08:00pm • In 2009, after paying off roughly $52,000 in debt, Jackie Beck and her husband decided to tackle their mortgage and pay it off early. "If you'd graphed our progress it would have looked like a hockey stick, starting out slowly and then shooting up toward the end," Beck says. The couple didn't cut o What Every High School Senior Must Know About Student Loans 04/18/2017 08:00pm • No one knows better than recent grads how expensive college is. The college class of 2016 graduated with an average of $37,172 in student loans, says to Mark Kantrowitz, a higher-education expert. They were the most indebted class ever -- up 6 percent from the year before. With debt totals climbing Georgetown University renaming buildings to atone from slave sale 04/18/2017 08:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) _ Georgetown University is set to rename two buildings on campus in honor of people who were sold as slaves in Maryland in 1838. The renaming of the buildings is part of the university's effort to atone for profiting from the slave sale, which was orchestrated by two Jesuit priest 5 Financial Tips for College Graduates 04/17/2017 08:00pm • Graduating from college is all about transition. Grads are transitioning from student life to the workforce, from being focused on their education to focusing on their career. As a student, choices involved balancing grade-point averages, exams, class schedules and college life. For graduates, choi The Uncertainty of the American Dream 04/17/2017 08:00pm • Sometime in the past 86 years, the American Dream has evolved from James Truslow Adams' patriotic summation about opportunity without constraints in "The Epic of America" to the simple notion of owning a home as a more tangible substitute. While not as eloquent as Adams' prose, the idea of homeowner March has been friendly to Northern Virginia homeowners 04/17/2017 04:19am • WASHINGTON – For many homeowners in Northern Virginia, things are looking up this spring season. “We’re seeing a strong robust spring market,” said Ryan Conrad, CEO of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. Conrad said the number of homes sold is up 15 percent compared to last Time for a Check-In: How to Get Your Financial Resolutions Back on Track 04/16/2017 08:00pm • It seems as though we only just watched the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve. However, here it is, already more than three months later. That means it's time to follow up on financial resolutions made at the beginning of the year. "I think you have to check in with yourself periodically, Wall Street Gives Trump's First 100 Days a Passing Grade 04/16/2017 08:00pm • The first 100 days of a presidential administration has long been considered a benchmark for presidential performance. And as the Trump White House approaches the 100-day point, Wall Street is giving passing grades to the populist president. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up nearly 6 percen Northern Va. toll lanes to move forward 04/14/2017 04:34am • WASHINGTON — Toll lanes on Interstate 395 are set to take another step forward next week, when a state transportation panel is expected to approve a $45 million loan for the project. The Virginia Transportation Infrastructure Bank Advisory Panel will recommend Tuesday that the Commonwealth Tran 7 Money Lies That Could Hurt Your Marriage 04/13/2017 08:00pm • Money issues are fairly common in relationships. After all, it's impossible to please two people all of the time. Those issues get even more complicated if you add lies to the mix. In a recent survey of 500 U.S. adults by MagnifyMoney, 1 in 5 divorcees said money was the cause of their divorce. In f College Seniors: Know These 4 Financial Tips for Your Last Month of College 04/13/2017 08:00pm • Maggie Bean, a senior at Vermont's Champlain College, is already preparing herself to deal with personal finance in the real world. As she enters her last month of college, she says: "I've slowly started educating myself." Bean, 20, hopes to land a job in book publishing in New York City. Her finan How Climate Change Will Impact Homeowners Insurance 04/13/2017 08:00pm • Tornadoes have been striking the country at a record rate this year so far, according to numbers released from the U.S. Storm Prediction Center (536 tornadoes in 2017, based on preliminary data at the time of this writing). Meanwhile, in many parts of the country, severe storms have been passing thr Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play? 04/12/2017 08:00pm • Retail stocks and the mall and shopping center real-estate investment trusts have been hit hard by investors worried about the impact of online shopping on both retailers and the physical locations where these stores reside. In particular, the big department stores like Macy's (ticker: M), JCPenney 6 Surprising Reasons Your Passport Application Could Be Delayed 04/12/2017 08:00pm • If you're itching to jet off abroad this year, you'll need an up-to-date passport. The recent uptick in passport renewal requests (and the accompanying backlog due to heightened demand) may have already prompted you to get a head start on your application. But to sidestep an unanticipated setback, t Beyond Heroes or Villains: Looking Back at Your Father's Legacy 04/11/2017 08:00pm • In one of the opening lines of my documentary film, "All Men Are Sons: Exploring the Legacy of Fatherhood," therapist and author Terry Real says, "Each man is a bridge. He spans the father that came before him and the children that will come after him ... and his life is literally the distance betwe