Mark Henricks has written on mortgages, real estate and investing for many leading publications. He works from Austin, Texas, where he engages in songwriting, wilderness backpacking, whitewater ...

Chapter 7 bankruptcy involves liquidating a debtor's non-essential assets to repay creditors. Chapters 11 and 13 are more expensive and longer than Chapter 7, but you can keep your assets. Chapter 7 ...

The federal filing fee for Chapter 7 bankruptcy currently is $338, while Chapter 13 filings cost $313. Additional costs are involved in filing for bankruptcy, such as attorney and credit counseling ...

The average American household currently carries over $7,000 in credit card debt, and for a large number of borrowers, other debts, like medical bills and personal loan debts, are also piling up amid ...

Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., the debtor in ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, moves to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, as the banks ...

BENNINGTON — The Southern Vermont College trustees have once again voluntarily entered the former college into the Chapter 7 bankruptcy process — likely heading toward an auction of real estate and ...

Pennsylvania battery recycling facility was idled late last year, with a Chapter 7 petition filed at the end of January. Should the owners of Inmetco proceed with the Chapter 7 process, its assets ...

Here's why your stock may lose its value under bankruptcy Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). When a company files ...

Bankruptcy is one of those topics that nobody wants to become an expert in, but sometimes you have no choice. The good news is that compared to 2021, there have been fewer bankruptcies in the U.S. in ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Right off the bat, let's dispense with bankruptcy's stigma. While the notion of erasing ...