repossession

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More borrowers have been defaulting on their loan payments, which typically results in a repossession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In Southern California, repossession of a car whose owner is behind on loan payments is not uncommon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

In the meantime, your friend should check whether the car is even worth fixing and find out more about the repossession process.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

Like many of those facing repossession action the BBC has spoken to, Mr McRae said the experience was deeply "humiliating" and that his instincts were initially "to draw the curtains shut".

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

By this connection it would, he thought, be easier for him to attain repossession of the lands of Gairloch, from which his family was driven by the Mackenzies.

From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander