A surprising number of Americans venturing onto car dealership lots in 2026 are discovering that they still owe more on their old car than it is actually worth. That predicament is known in the ...
A growing share of car owners are underwater on their auto loans, reports the car-buying resource Edmunds. According to a second quarter report, 26.6% of trade-ins toward new-car purchases had ...
For years, car buyers have watched prices skyrocket and loan terms lengthen. Now, new data shows just how many drivers are feeling the squeeze. In the fourth quarter of 2025, 29.3% of trade-ins toward ...
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 ...
Many Americans are car poor. A recent Edmunds report found a disturbing trend: An increasing number of consumers with auto loans had negative equity, meaning they owe more on their vehicle than it’s ...
More car buyers are finding themselves in a tough spot financially. According to a recent report from Edmunds, more than 26% of new-vehicle trade-ins in the second quarter of 2025 had negative equity ...
Most drivers don't know they're upside down or underwater on their car loan until they want to sell, trade in or refinance ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WHTM) — “Carfax” is urging customers to take caution when buying a used car over the next six months, especially if the vehicle ...