1 in 4 new car trade-ins are now ‘underwater’ — a 4-year high as more owners drag major debt into new buys. Here’s how to avoid drowning in auto loans

This is the highest share Edmunds has reported in four years, meaning a growing number of people are dragging additional debt ...
Palm Beach Post

Americans are underwater on car loans. They're buying new cars anyway.

In auto industry parlance, the loans were underwater. Of all used vehicles traded in toward a new car purchase between July ...

Americans are falling behind on car loans. Here's how to catch up.

The rise in negative equity comes as more Americans are falling behind on car payments. Nearly 6.5% of subprime auto loans, ...

1 in 4 new car trade-ins are ‘underwater,’ marking a 4-year high — here’s how to avoid drowning in auto loans

This is the highest share Edmunds has reported in four years, meaning a growing number of people are dragging additional debt ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

What to do if you’re underwater on your car loan

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 ...
AZ Central

Americans are underwater on car loans. They're buying new cars anyway.

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 ...