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Winter is generally a slow season for the real-estate sector, but will it stay frozen or thaw out — and will home prices keep rising, or fall? 

A reader wants to know if a new car lease will affect his mortgage application.

Strong consumer spending is powering the U.S. economy, but one group appears ‘vulnerable,’ some experts say.

Datadog shares shrugged off a Wells Fargo downgrade Friday as Wall Street saw positive read-throughs for the observability company in Amazon's cloud results.

The S&P 500 index closed in correction territory on Friday, its 103th time in history.

The Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady next week but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will keep alive the possibility of a December hike.

The so-called "Magnificent Seven" megacap technology stocks that have powered practically all of this year's rally in the S&P 500 have seen more than $1.2 trillion in value evaporate since stocks peaked at the end of July.

Banking stocks were taking a broad beating Friday amid uncertainty about the health of the economy and an apparent lack of positive catalysts.

Bankman-Fried testified how his crypto exchange’s risk-management structure failed, allowing for $8 billion to disappear

A Federal Reserve liquidity facility is back in focus as stocks stumble and investors brace for an estimated $1.5 trillion borrowing need from the Treasury.

Traders are doubting that the central bank will be able to keep interest rates higher for very long.