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Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal.

The average mortgage rate is above 7% for the first time since January 2025. Compared with earlier this year, that interest rate means would-be homebuyers would pay hundreds more each month.

Rates have climbed more than a full percentage point since the U.S. war against Iran started.

Inflation, gasoline prices and the cost of living are top of mind in the election season. How are higher costs shaping the way you live? NPR wants to hear.

Federal data shows many borrowers who aren't paying their loans went to private, for-profit colleges — schools that often market to low-income students and rely on federal financial aid for revenue.

Real estate agents are sounding the alarm on a growing fee they say home buyers should not pay.

The proposal comes weeks before the midterm elections, when food prices and the cost of living are expected to be major issues on voters' minds.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Hanna Horvath, author of Your Brain on Money on Substack, about balance — or the lack thereof — in heterosexual relationships where women out-earn men.

Experts say AI can get personal finance fundamentals right but may struggle with nuanced questions.

If spending — or not spending — money makes you feel shame or regret, you might be grappling with financial guilt. Financial planner Lauryn Williams breaks down three types and how to deal.