Discover how to secure preapproval for a car loan, understand eligibility criteria and strengthen your negotiating position when shopping for a vehicle Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy ...

Refinancing your car loan might save you money and lower your monthly payments Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy ...

Review your credit report, know your credit score and, yes, freeze your credit before stepping on a car dealer's lot. Dealer-arranged financing is convenient but it will limit your options. Typically, ...

Jeanine Skowronski is an editor, writer, and journalist with more than 15 years of experience in personal finance and business, including roles at Bankrate, CreditCards.com, and Policygenius. Her work ...

For one Redditor, having a preapproval on a car loan is creating some concern about how to negotiate best. There is no reason for this Redditor to be nervous, the odds are actually in his favor. The ...

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 ...