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  • Financial hardship is pushing more Americans to move back in with relatives. We take a look at one woman's choice to buy a house with her mother.

  • Bernie and Joyce Murphy stand in the doorway of their townhouse in Stallings, N.C. home.
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    Tess Vigeland visits a couple whose home is underwater, but they are making the best of it. They are saving more to compensate for potentially selling their home at a loss in the future.

  • Bill Sawyer walked away from his condo a year and a half ago. Now he rents an apartment in Wilsonville, Ore.
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    Two home owners who stopped paying their mortgages and walked away from their homes explain how they're dealing with the consequences in this story from our series "Which Way Home," co-produced with The New York Times

  • Mortgage statement.
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    We take a look at this special tax deduction for home owners and whether it actually does help citizens achieve the American Dream and the consequences of cutting it.

  • We are rewarding a math teacher today for helping her students understand the costs of college attendance.

  • Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof of Kiplinger's Magazine answer listeners questions.

  • ‘What color is your parachute?’ — 40 years later
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    We talk to the author of a classic job-hunting book about whether his advice still applies in today's market.

  • Low incomes along with a lack of financial literacy make residents of Harlingen, Texas, susceptible to crushing credit score choices.

  • A combination of a diverse economy, affordable housing and hard-working citizens may be the reason why Wasau, Wisc. boasts the highest credit scores per capita in the U.S.

  • The tiny increases in jobs in the U.S. aren't anything to shout about, but it means that someone out there is now employed. We look at what it takes to get a job in today's market.

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