Alex Gailey

Data Reporter & Analyst, Personal Finance

7

Years of experience

EXPERTISE

Housing
Mortgages
Personal Finance
Women's Finances
Economy

EDUCATION

B.A. in Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

I want to meet people of different backgrounds and income brackets where they are and give them the information they need to achieve financial success.
— Alex Gailey

About the author

As a data reporter and analyst at Bankrate, Alex Gailey writes data-driven stories that break down complex financial topics and help consumers make better money decisions. When she’s not crunching numbers together for broader money stories on the economy, real estate or consumer spending, she’s covering consumer finance from the perspective of financially vulnerable groups, including women, people of color and low-income families. As part of her beat, she analyzes how these groups navigate financial challenges, the workplace, building wealth and other emerging trends related to money. She’s covered personal finance for seven years and before that, she reported on economic development in Atlanta.

Before joining Bankrate, Alex worked for NextAdvisor in partnership with TIME Magazine, The Boston Globe, Atlanta Business Chronicle and Charlotte Business Journal. Her work has been cited by the Washington Post, the New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, CBS News and more. She’s a member of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) and was selected as a Goldschmidt data fellow in 2024.

Alex wants you to know

Alex has interviewed hundreds of personal finance experts, from certified financial planners and economists to career advisors and financial therapists. She believes in thorough reporting and interviewing experts to have a pulse on consumer finance trends and news. She also spends a lot of her time talking to everyday people to better understand their money experiences.

I want to meet people of different backgrounds and income brackets where they are and give them the information they need to achieve financial success.
— Alex Gailey

“The best thing you can do is break out of the single-quote loop.”

– Alex Gailey

Most homebuyers overpay for their mortgage. Here’s where it’s costing them the most

Across hundreds of metros, Bankrate’s analysis finds that borrowers miss their market’s most competitive rates by more than 80 basis points on average.