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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Americans' household debt hits new record high

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:03.5

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0:07.3

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0:08.8

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0:13.5

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0:14.9

The total household debt hit a new high, $18.6 trillion.

0:20.0

Young adults have been hit the hardest. Their delinquency rate for people

0:24.2

age 18 to 29 rose 5%. So what are they having the most debt on? Well, mortgage is the top debt.

0:33.3

Okay. So this does include mortgages. Okay. Followed by auto, student loan debt, and then credit card debt.

0:40.8

Okay, so the first two, let's address the first two.

0:43.5

Because those don't concern me as much unless your house poor.

0:48.4

Because in your house or your automobile.

0:51.3

Now, I think you're much more likely to be underwater in your, some financial guy probably will scream at me or send a mean-spirited email if I'm wrong. But I would think people are much more likely to be underwater in their car than their house because of depreciation. You know, what's so it's saying, you know, you drive the car off the lot and it loses X amount of its value, right? Whereas a house, as we've

1:11.8

clearly seen based on these assessments, quote, quote, goes up over time. So you might owe X amount

1:18.2

on a house, but if the actual value is Y and Y is bigger than X, yes, you have debt, but that is

1:26.1

technically, at least the way the government views it,

1:29.3

it's an asset that you can and will eventually make money on.

1:32.6

So I don't have as much unless somebody is house porn.

1:36.8

For those you know, housepour, it's like you live in a nice house, but all your money is going

1:40.3

into the house so you can't afford other things.

1:43.0

That one doesn't bother me as much.

1:45.0

The car does to an extent because you can get underwater in your car, although again, it's an

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