If you default on your repayment obligation, the creditor can place a lien on your property. Liens come in a number of forms under three broad categories: consensual, statutory, and judgment liens.

A lien on your house or car title is a bad thing. A lien you didn’t even know was there is even worse. There are several types of involuntary liens. The most common is a mechanic’s lien ...

A lien is a claim that one person or other entity has over the property of another as security for the payment of a debt. Liens can be either voluntary or involuntary. A voluntary lien is ...

Tax lien certificates can be a safe, collateralized complement to a balanced portfolio – but only if you have time, knowledge and the ability to reinvest your money when short-term certificates ...

For those individuals, there's an alternative: tax liens. Tax lien certificate investments are attractive for those who don't want to deal with the headaches of managing a property on their own ...

The judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy formally dismissed the case Friday — but put a lien on the former mayor's ...

Lien Jooste’s life falls apart when her father is arrested for fraud and her mother develops a drinking problem. They lose everything and go from being an upstanding, affluent family living in a ...