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Area airports enjoyed increase in passengers last year 12/22/2016 05:23am • WASHINGTON — The area's three commercial airports — BWI Marshall Airport, Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport — enjoyed growth spurts last year in the number of passengers boarding flights. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Government's biennial passenger survey re Mexico's New Retirement Destination: Huatulco 12/21/2016 07:00pm • Mexico has become a tourism powerhouse, with an impressive 9.4 percent jump in international visitors this past year. This brings the total to over 32 million arrivals, making Mexico the ninth most visited country in the world and the second most visited country in North America after the United Sta Housing Predictions for 2017 12/20/2016 07:00pm • For the past several years, rumors about rising mortgage rates triggered a sense of urgency for some buyers, but those increases largely hadn't materialized. However, as expected, last week the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in a year. Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for r 5 Creative Gift Ideas for the Runner on Your List 12/14/2016 07:00pm • Buying holiday gifts for runners can be a unique challenge. I feel for my wife, who perhaps has the greatest challenge of all: trying to buy for the runner (me) who has every piece of running gear imaginable. While fitness trackers and other gadgets can make great gifts, avid runners probably alrea How to Invest in Farmland 12/13/2016 07:00pm • Every year farmland is lost to urbanization. According to American Farmland Trust, a nonprofit that works to save farmland from development, the U.S. loses 40 acres of farmland every hour, with 37 percent of America's developed land having been converted in the last three decades. In 2015, a little 11 last-minute holiday travel deals 12/13/2016 07:00pm • While procrastinating on booking flights and hotel rooms for the busy holiday season can be a formula for disaster, this year spur-of-the-moment travelers are in luck. With a little flexibility and proactivity, there's still time to score an affordable winter getaway. Here are last-minute vacation i Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates This Week? 12/11/2016 07:00pm • Immovable object, meet unstoppable force. The Standard & Poor's 500 index moved ahead nearly 3 percent last week as the "Trump Bump" and the "Santa Claus rally" have seemingly become intertwined. But an unyielding rally of about 6 percent since Donald Trump's presidential election victory could Arlington OKs Airbnb rentals 12/10/2016 05:50pm • WASHINGTON -- The Arlington County Board has approved Airbnb rentals in all residential neighborhoods, effective on New Year's Eve. The measure, amending the zoning laws, put on the fast track so that the county could begin regulating what residents are already doing — renting their homes. " The Financial Perks of Not Celebrating Christmas 12/08/2016 07:00pm • Several Christmases ago, Mike Catania and his brother sat in the kitchen unwrapping a heap of Christmas gifts. "Doesn't this feel like a job?" his brother asked. "We laughed about it," says Catania, who is chief technology officer at Promotion Code, a coupon site. But the conversation quickly turne 5 Ways Holiday Shopping Tests Your Financial Literacy 12/08/2016 07:00pm • The holiday shopping season is a hectic, expensive time of year, with much to do, many pitfalls to avoid and little room for error. That's abundantly clear when you consider that the average person is expected to spend nearly $936 on holiday purchases, according to the National Retail Federation, wh 9 creative gifts for the health junkies on your list 12/08/2016 05:30am • 'Tis the season -- for shopping! Or, if you're like me, 'tis the season for procrastination. I usually wind up waiting until the last minute because I just don't know what to buy. But perhaps this year I'll be more inspired -- and you will too -- by these health-related ideas on my nutritionist pals The 25 Best Blue-Chip Stocks to Buy for 2017 12/06/2016 07:00pm • Start 2017 off right with these two dozen-plus stocks.As we all know, the stock market is a risky place to invest. Portfolios can rise or fall by 10 percent in a matter of weeks or months. Owning blue-chip stocks won't make you immune to volatility, but it'll bring some degree of safety to your port Wharf developer releases details of 2 more apartment buildings 12/06/2016 12:09pm • WASHINGTON — Hoffman-Madison Waterfront, the developer of The Wharf project on the Southwest Waterfront, has released details of two additional apartment buildings that will open in 2017. The first, called The Channel, will include more than 500 apartments, ranging from micro-studios to two-bed 5 underrated and affordable places to visit over the holidays 12/06/2016 11:30am • Searching for airfares over winter break can make your stomach turn as flight prices quadruple what they are on average to many popular destinations. But not every place is out of reach during the holiday season. To help direct you to inexpensive retreats, U.S. News rounded up five of the most affor 10 Tips for Buying a Home in a Gated Community 12/05/2016 07:00pm • After dreaming about living abroad for years, some retirees can finally afford to buy the perfect house in a beautiful gated community in an overseas paradise. Perhaps you're ready to sign on the dotted line, hand over the cash and move in. Not so fast. Your dream home could become your worst nightm