Many Americans are under financial strain as they grapple with rising costs and carry growing balances on mortgages, credit cards and personal loans. Now, a new LendingTree study found that consumer ...

Midway through the first quarter of 2026, American households are carrying record-breaking credit card debt. Once a quick and easy fix for simple expenses, it has had to turn into a financial lifeline ...

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Americans' average total overall debt increased to $58,712 from $55,879 in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 5% year-over-year gain, according to an analysis of 99.5 million ...

Outstanding consumer debt in the U.S. is currently around $14.88 trillion, representing an average individual debt of nearly $93,000. While older generations hold a bulk of this debt, the youngest ...

(NEXSTAR) – While Los Angeles residents may be saddled with higher-than-average mortgage debt, it’s the “Hollywood of the South” that has the most consumer debt, a new study found. LendingTree looked ...

Debt collection complaints in North Texas have paralleled a nationwide surge. Experts and data attribute the spike to higher ...

How do your finances stack up? Here are 10 money stats on the average American's income, savings, debt, credit score, and ...

American consumers struggled to keep up with their debt in 2025. Many taxpayers will use their expected larger tax refunds this year to help pay some of it down.

As prices continue to rise across the country, Americans are tacking more and more money onto their consumer debt. Americans have $1.3 trillion in credit card debt, $1.7 trillion in auto loan debt and ...

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...