The car repo business is booming as Americans fall behind on their increasingly expensive car payments.

Tight household budgets are pushing drivers toward financial strain.

Planet Money book tour ticket info and dates here. A record number of Americans with poor or just okay credit are behind on their car payments. And once last year’s numbers are tallied, an estimated 3 ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suggests that lenders may be overzealous in repossessing cars. By Ann Carrns More automobile owners are falling behind on their payments, and a new report ...

After his hand was run over while he attempted to repossess a car, tow truck operator Ted Baldwin gave up on repossessions. “The owner of the vehicle came out while I was behind the tire hooking it up ...

Picture this: You’ve fallen on hard times, and you haven’t been able to make your last few car payments. When you step out of your home to head toward your car, you don’t see the fabled “repo man”; ...