A high debt-to-income ratio is a common reason lenders deny applications. The good news is that you can lower your DTI.

The debt avalanche method (also known as debt stacking) is a debt-payoff approach in which you pay off your debts in the ...

Freedom Debt Relief reports that negotiating credit card debt can lead to lower payments, waived fees, or partial forgiveness ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Credit card debt is increasingly being blamed for the breakdown of marriages, according to Debt.com's fourth-annual Debt and Divorce survey. This ...

More Americans are going into debt after a loved one’s death. That’s one finding from an annual survey by Debt.com, which examines how people finance end-of-life costs. The survey found that 37% of ...

Your first priority when you’re saddled with debt should be to dig your way out. To that end, Jade Warshaw, money expert with Ramsey Solutions, shared a TikTok video where she emphasized taking any ...

37% of U.S. adults have borrowed to pay for funeral or end-of-life expenses — a steep rise from just 14% last year. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A growing number of American ...

Junior debt, a type of subordinated debt, is repaid after senior debts during defaults, offering higher returns due to its riskier nature in real estate investing.

Debt is rising nationwide and across nearly every lending category, as Americans grapple with recent policy changes as well as broader financial strains toward the end of 2025. In the third quarter of ...

From 2015 to 2017, Naseema McElroy paid off nearly $1 million in debt. Now, she's saving aggressively in pursuit of financial ...