Where you live has a significant impact on the cost of everything. For example, people in Hawaii pay more for groceries because they have to import almost everything. In California, real estate is ...

Forget tradition: A lot of traditional funeral expenses are useless upsells.

IT’S MORBID TO THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN FUNERAL, BUT PLANNING AHEAD COULD TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF YOUR FAMILY, MALLORY ANDERSON AND CONSUMER REPORTS HAVE OPTIONS FOR EVERY BUDGET. FUNERALS ARE OFTEN ONE OF ...

Funeral expenses' impact on families can linger long after the burial. More people are relying on borrowed funds like credit or crowdsourcing through GoFundMe to cover rising funeral costs that have ...

(CONSUMER REPORTS) — Losing a loved one is difficult. Add to that funeral expenses–which can be nearly $10,000 and easily much more if you are required to have a vault to place the casket–and the ...

Planning a funeral can be difficult enough emotionally without factoring in financial matters. "This is one of the most important parts of estate planning that many people may not think much about, as ...

The national median cost of a funeral is almost $8,000, yet many Americans have less than $1,000 in emergency savings. When a loved one dies, families often face an impossible choice between honoring ...

(WSPA) – The topic of death is never easy to discuss, but with the average funeral between $7,000-$12,000, doing your research today can save you from financial hardship when you lose a loved one. In ...

When Houstonian Ron Latta's mother died about a year and a half ago, she was buried in the family plot at a local cemetery. But to the chagrin of family members, they never could find a permanent ...