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

When you signed the financing agreement that enabled you to buy a car on payments, you made a legally binding promise to make those payments on time every month. If you miss a single payment by 30 ...

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 ...

In another session during Used Car Week 2025 that filled a room to near capacity, the Repo Roundtable is now available ...

A repossession agent—commonly called “the repo man,” and hired by the creditor to recover the property—may enter your ...

It was a mistaken repossession, the repo-man towed a truck out right out of a Brooklyn driveway in the dark of night.

When a driver walks outside and finds an empty parking spot where their car should be, the first thought is often repossession. In reality, a growing number of people are discovering that their ...

As the economy continues to sour, debt-strapped vehicle owners are defaulting on automobile loans at record rates, providing repo men, auction wholesalers and dealers with loads of work. "Business is ...