Featured
Cost of Living
Sugar Editorial Picks
Cost of 4-Bedroom Homes in the Most and Least Pricey Cities
Homes are one category where you cannot judge the cost by its cover. Housing prices vary wildly depending on geography — the same chunk of change can buy a 1,000 square-foot condo in one part of the country or a 5,200 spacious home in another area.
The 2009 Coldwell Banker Home Price Comparison Index was released this week, and it's an "apples-to-apples" comparison of the prices around the nation for 2,200-square-foot, four-bedroom, two-and-one-half bath, single-family homes.
Maryland Is the State With the Highest Median Income
Maryland is holding strong as the state with the highest median income for the third year in a row. The U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (using 2008 figures) found the median household income in Maryland is $70,545, followed by New Jersey ($70,378), Connecticut ($68,595), Alaska ($68,460) and Hawaii ($67,214).
San Francisco, Vegas Among the Best Undervalued Places to Live
Bargain shoppers in the market for a new home are searching for value, and a recent study has come up with something even better than fair prices —it's determined where to find undervalued homes in great places to live.
U.S. News used the IHS Global Insight's first-quarter 2009 House Prices in America report (which uses household income, population density, and other data to compare a market's actual value with where it should be on a statistical basis), and used that information with other elements like employment and quality-of-life to determine America's best undervalued places to live.
How Money Are You: The Cost of Fast Food Around the World
Eating fast food from American chains while on an overseas vacation isn't my idea of an ideal meal. Besides missed opportunities to test local cuisine, buying fast food in other countries won't necessarily cut your food costs.
Consulting firm Mercer selected 20 geographically diverse cities and compared the cost of an average hamburger meal.
Has Your City Cut Back on Credit Card Spending?
Spending less is the quickest way to boost your savings account, and some places in the US have shown a true change in habits since last year. In fact, the U.S. personal income savings rate increased to 6.9 percent from 0 percent the year before.
Most Expensive Cities in the World: How Money Are You?
If you think it's tough to make ends meet in your city, consider what it takes to come out ahead in the world's most expensive cities. Perhaps you live in one of them and know all too well about the pricey cost of living.
Mercer's 2009 Worldwide Cost of Living survey results were released this week and the rankings this year have shifted from last year's survey.
I'm Asking: How Much Do You Spend on Monthly Groceries?
Now that more of us are frequently cooking at home to cut down on food expenses, it would make sense that our grocery bills would go up to reflect the change. On average, how much do you spend on monthly groceries?
Get the Most For Your Money in America's Best Bargain Cities
Stretching your dollars wouldn't be easy in America's most overpriced cities, but it would be a cinch in the country's best places for bargains. Forbes used the same factors to evaluate which cities are bargains as it did to determine the ones that are overpriced. It analyzed the 50 largest U.S.
What $400,000 Will Buy in This Real Estate Market
Hot deals in the housing market are here. You bet, experts are saying, it's a buyer's market. Reduced prices will make your money go further, and according to real estate expert Barbara Corcoran, "You definitely get an extra bedroom and bath in almost every market."
Shocker: New York Is Not the Most Overpriced US City
Dollar signs are often associated with New York City, and while nobody is arguing it's pricey, Forbes says the Big Apple is not the most overpriced.
Forbes factored together the average salary for residents with at least bachelor degrees, annual unemployment statistics, cost of living, and housing affordability based on local median income to determine the most overpriced cities in the US. Surprisingly, New York is not number one on this list.
More on SavvySugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
Milly
Paul's Boutique
Piquadro