A debt collection lawsuit doesn't have to mean automatic defeat. You may have more options than you think.

When an extended period of time passes, and payments are not made on debt, creditors may “charge off the account” or “charge off the debt.” A “charge-off” appears on credit reports and is not a ...

Freedom Debt Relief reports on defending against credit card debt lawsuits: know your rights, gather evidence, and consider ...

If you’re feeling the weight of carrying extra credit cards or other types of debt from month to month, you’re not alone.

Can you still claim tax relief from previous years? Learn IRS deadlines, rules and when refunds, credits or penalty relief may still be available.

If it feels like debt collectors are suddenly louder, more aggressive and more prevalent, you may be onto something. Credit card payment delinquencies have been inching higher recently, after all, as ...

Many jurisdictions have recently enacted, or are considering enacting, legislation limiting “stay-or-pay” compensation structures, which ...

Picture this: nearly two decades after the housing crash, a Florida homeowner opens a letter from a company they’ve never heard of.

The Guam Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved a motion during a meeting Wednesday to write off $70,344,336 in ...

A “zombie” mortgage is a long-dormant second lien, typically a second mortgage or home-equity line of credit, that homeowners believed was settled, forgiven, or rolled into a modification but still ...

Wage garnishment can quickly drain your paycheck, but there are ways you may be able to stop the process now.

Twenty-five years after Julia Roberts’s Oscar win for “Erin Brockovich,” that movie still hits.