rising consumer debt

2017 Survey Shows Rising Consumer Debt

A recent survey conducted by Experian revealed rising consumer debt, especially for auto, student and credit card debt. An article about the survey, “State of Credit: 2017,” was published January 11, 2018 and covered consumer spending and debt during 2017 using data from Experian’s eighth annual “State of Credit” survey. The piece opens with positive…

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Debt Collections, Foreclosure

Home Owners Flip Debt Collections on their Banks

In an act of debt collections role reversal, two homeowners exercised their rights as property owners by ordering a levy on their banks to recover legal fees. Yes, that’s correct. For the residents, it wasn’t Bank of America or Wells Fargo who would be collecting on them — despite repeated attempts by those institutions — but the residents who initiated a sale on the two financial goliaths for attempting to make invalid collections.

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