New big-data research connects "underwater" mortgages from the 2007-08 recession with people's stagnant earnings and inability to move.

Medical debt can prolong stretches of homelessness, according to a new study in King County, Washington.

"...coerced debt can destroy a survivor's chances to start over." Here's what this aspect of an abusive relationship looks like.

A year-and-a-half after receiving credit counseling, participants in a new study reduced revolving debt an average of $3,637.

New research indicates legal debt keeps people homeless longer. "The human cost of this is devastating and there is an economic cost as well."

A high number of people who borrow money for college end up defaulting on their loans, but a simple solution could help.

Same-sex mortgage applicants were 73 percent more likely to get a denial than heterosexual couples, researchers report.

Streamlining debt can lift a mental burden, new research shows.