The bill is inspired by a CalMatters story that revealed state law allows the DMV to collect money from towed cars in secret.

Police say Talal Obeid used fake mechanic’s liens to take high-end vehicles ...

A body shop in west Houston is now at the center of a case that feels less like routine fraud and more like a system being ...

Under the bright lights of a busy commercial strip in west Houston, a quiet auto shop became the focus of a major police ...

With the federal tax filing deadline just weeks away, many taxpayers are now getting a clearer picture of what they owe — and for some, that number is much higher than expected. Between lingering ...

Investing in tax liens is a strategy where investors pay delinquent property taxes owed by a homeowner in exchange for the right to collect repayment with interest. When property owners fail to pay ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will halt the city’s controversial tax lien sale and potentially scrap it altogether over concerns that the process exposes homeowners to “predatory debt collectors” and ...

More than 60 property owners in western Erie County were served with mechanic's liens in December 2020. The liens grew out of a federal lawsuit between energy companies over the construction of a ...

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — Last summer, a salesman from HavenHub knocked on Tiffany Velez’s door. Velez had recently closed on a brand-new house in Eagle Mountain. The backyard needed to be landscaped.

The mortgage industry has invested a huge amount of time and money to create products for tapping the vast amount of home equity equity inside the 145 million residential homes in the US. Looking at ...

The second-lien market is entering a new growth cycle, and Deephaven is helping lead the conversation. With projections exceeding $60 billion in originations for 2025, second liens have moved from a ...

Lien example: Home mortgages Liens aren’t always as scary as they first sound. In fact, they can mean something really positive. Take the case of a mortgage or home equity loan. When a lender gives ...