Coronavirus and Your Money

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• Low mortgage rates: Lender reveals how to find the best rates and fastest closings

  Lending manager says the lowest mortgage rates come with these programs.

  4 min read May 29, 2020

  

• Ask Bankrate: Questions about investing in real estate, tracking down stimulus and more

  One reader asks: With interest rates so low, is it a good idea to invest in real estate?

  9 min read May 29, 2020

  

• Here’s what to do if you’re still jobless by the time your coronavirus unemployment benefits run out

  Economists say unemployment likely won’t return to its previous half-century low anytime soon.

  8 min read May 28, 2020

  

• Housing Hardship Index: Coronavirus crushes some state economies, spares others

  The tourism-dependent states of Nevada and Hawaii are suffering disproportionally to other states.

  3 min read May 28, 2020

  

• Issuers may reduce credit limits for some cardholders amid coronavirus pandemic

  Issuers may restrict available credit extended to borrowers; here’s how a lower credit limit could affect you.

  3 min read May 27, 2020

  

• Survey: More than 1 in 4 Americans to tap retirement accounts during coronavirus pandemic

  The coronavirus is hitting not only Americans’ health but also their ability to save for retirement.

  5 min read May 27, 2020

  

• How is the U.S. economy doing? Here are 7 key signs to watch during coronavirus crisis

  The coronavirus pandemic has suffocated the longest expansion on record.

  12 min read May 27, 2020

  

• Home-pricing hacks: How homebuyers can pay less and sellers can get more

  How to set listing prices and other secrets of consumer behavior revealed.

  3 min read May 27, 2020

  

• What to do if you can’t pay your loans during the coronavirus crisis

  If the coronavirus has left you without income, you may be able to find loan relief.

  5 min read May 26, 2020

  

• Supporting delivery drivers during the pandemic

  As delivery demand spikes, here’s what drivers can do to keep safe — and how consumers can show support.

  3 min read May 26, 2020