Kaz Weida is an educator and freelance journalist who covers insurance, taxes, banking, and a wide array of personal finance topics. In addition to CNET, Kaz contributes to Yahoo Finance, ...

Policymakers in Washington are being called on to scrap the universal federal tax deduction for mortgage interest, and instead to target the write-off solely to first-time home buyers. The proposal is ...

The New Republic’s Jonathan Chait, admirably trying to make trouble, draws attention to a recent comment, which he probably already regrets, by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, whose ...

Homeowners who have been taking the standard tax deduction in recent years might want to give itemization another look this year. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act comes with a slew of updates affecting ...

As a community bank and a local home builder with deep roots in Snohomish County, we come from different sides of the housing equation — financing and construction — but we serve the same mission: ...

Taxpayers who want to claim some attractive new income tax deductions that were packed into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will need to keep their records — and get ready to file yet another form to ...