For many retirees, a reverse mortgage can be a useful tool that adds some much-needed breathing room to their finances. By allowing homeowners ages 62 and older to tap into their home equity without ...

That does not mean the vehicles are submerged. In a sense, the drivers are. More than one in four trade-ins had negative equity in the third quarter of 2025, Edmunds reports. In auto industry parlance ...

After a halt for most of the year, borrowers enrolled in one income-driven repayment plan may begin to receive loan discharges within weeks. By Tara Siegel Bernard Thousands of federal student loan ...

Some online lenders, credit unions and banks offer small personal loans of $1,000 or less to cover urgent expenses. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Last week’s column explored finding a buyers’ agent and negotiating commissions.Today’s features tips on mortgage shopping. Mortgage shopping can be a complicated and time-consuming process. Here’s ...

The Trump administration is exploring whether to sell the federal government’s massive student debt portfolio to private companies, raising questions about what the move could mean for student loan ...

If the U.S. government sells your student loan to the private market, would you even notice? That’s a question 45 million federal student loan borrowers may be asking. The Trump administration is ...

Outcomes vary depending on the type of bankruptcy filed, whether the loan is secured and whether a personal guarantee was signed. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

Higher ed leaders, advocates and officials appeared to walk away from the Education Department’s first round of talks on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its time-sensitive overhaul to the student ...

An initial review of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings’ records shows that at least 29,000 loans pledged to creditors were tied to vehicles already securing other debts. Roughly 40% out ...

Student loan borrowers in Vermont face the highest repayments in the nation, according to a new study by WalletHub, with the average debtor owing a median $248 per month. That is $106 more than what ...

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., this week introduced new legislation aimed at making it easier for federal workers to take advantage of the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program to help ...