When you have some extra cash, it can be tempting to knock out debt — especially if it would put an end to a large monthly obligation, like a car payment. But is it the right move? See Next: I Asked a ...

Refinancing can help you get a lower monthly payment or a reduced interest rate Written By Written by Staff Loans Editor, WSJ | Buy Side Hannah Alberstadt is a Buy Side staff editor specializing in ...

If you have an outstanding loan, you have options for selling your car, including trading it in at a dealership or selling to a private party ...

When your car payment outlasts who was in office when you bought it, you know we’ve entered a troubling era of automotive financing. Remember the time when a four-year car loan felt like forever? In ...

Over 20% of new car purchases in Q4 2025 were 84-month financing deals. Consumers are looking to lengthier auto loans to lower monthly car payments, but the combined interest costs drastically ...

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 ...