Household debt in the United States hit a record $18.2 trillion during the first quarter of 2025 amid a steep rise in mortgage balances, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Are you getting more unknown calls than usual? It might be a debt collector. In the first quarter of 2025, Americans filed more than 112,000 complaints with the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC.

Debt collectors rarely disappear on their own. Old balances can be sold, resold, and pursued in different ways for years, ...

Debt collection calls in the U.S. more than doubled in early 2025, soaring to over 112,000 reports. Nearly half of complaints involved abusive or harassing tactics, raising consumer protection ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Federal Trade Commission reports it is already seeing an increase in debt-related complaints, either from abusive collection tactics or from scammers. We've seen fake debt ...

Household debt in the United States hit a record $18.2 trillion during the first quarter of 2025 amid a steep rise in mortgage balances, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Williamsburg resident Quenton Linyear shares how he paid off $8,000 in debt after losing his job using nonprofit credit ...

ATLANTA — A recent study on debt collection calls across the United States said Atlanta is at the top of the list. According to the report by NumberBarn, which analyzed new data from the Federal Trade ...