2025 Bankrate Wrapped: Your year in money
From $2 bills to billionaire dreams, here’s what you couldn’t stop reading in 2025.
Natalie is a personal finance reporter on Bankrate’s community team, where she helps readers make sense of how money works in actual people’s lives. She covers topics like homeownership, the gender wage gap and other financial hurdles that hold people back. For Natalie, money stories are human stories, and it’s her job to report on the people behind the numbers with empathy and clarity.
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From $2 bills to billionaire dreams, here’s what you couldn’t stop reading in 2025.
Rising home prices shift the American Dream as renters seek freedom and flexibility.
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