moving

With the economy still in the doldrums and unemployment numbers raising eyebrows and blood pressure, you'd think most people would want to stay put. Relocation costs, after all, are nothing to sneeze at. But according to a recent Apartments.com national survey, an astonishing 96.1% of renters...

William Pollock was doing all the right things to set up his family's move from Texas to Pennsylvania. He contacted reputable movers and he had them come out to his house and provide written estimates. But the estimates Pollock received were higher than he wanted to pay so he kept looking. On...

As recently as 2005, for every two people who moved to California, three left the Golden State. The high cost of housing was no doubt part of the migration for two reasons: Many were folks cashing out of their homes and buying in less expensive locales; and others were renters who realized they'd...

Maybe I'm just paying more attention since I'm closing in on retirement age, but it does seem like every day I read a new list of places that somebody thinks would make ideal spots for people contemplating relocation after hanging them up. U.S. News & World Report released its picks in its...

This week I moved cross-country for the second time in as many months. And I did it economically by turning an airline into my low-cost moving company. Instead of mailing several boxes of my belongings from San Francisco to New York at $1 to $1.50 per pound -- or, even worse on the wallet, hiring a...

Sometimes when you need to get something done, asking just won't cut it. As a company that moves around plenty of money, Paypal may know this better than anyone ... which is possibly why it launched a new service called Do Stuff For Money. Its premise is simple: Post an offer to a friend to do...

Being unemployed for 10 months, as I am, can lead an employer to think you're desperate for a job and are willing to move anywhere for full-time work.Desperation should never be a part of any job interview, and the fact that you're thinking of leaving your home, friends, relatives and all the...

According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans have all but stopped moving. The New York Times reports that "The bureau found that the number of people who changed residences declined to 35.2 million from March 2007 to March 2008, the lowest number since 1962, when the nation had 120...

If moving is on the horizon for you, there are lots of great home moving tips for green-minded moving that can help save money and keep waste from littering the transition. Ban the Boxes - While cardboard varieties can take a few rounds of use, the better, cheaper option is actually a...

Saturday will be the first day of the month, and with it, another raft of homeowners will be turned out on the streets as their untenable mortgages expire. Expect the usual moving mayhem that happens whenever the first of the month falls on a weekend: a shortage of moving trucks, jammed unloading...