With
more subprime auto loans going through, the industry may not be as far along the road to recovery as it seems.
Not exact matches
It's quite likely that the exuberant 2016
auto sales figures were inflated by easy - to - get
subprime loans with low, long - term payments, enticing buyers to purchase
more car than they could afford.
Auto loans to
subprime borrowers, with credit scores between 550 and 619, increased by
more than 11 % over fourth quarter 2011.
Bank risk professionals now believe that lenders will keep allowing
subprime borrowers to take on credit card debt and have
more access to
auto loans over the next six months, -LSB-...]
Bank risk professionals now believe that lenders will keep allowing
subprime borrowers to take on credit card debt and have
more access to
auto loans over the next six months, according to a survey by the Professional Risk Managers» International Association for the credit scoring company FICO.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently reported that during the six - month period from April through September 2015,
more than $ 110 billion in
subprime auto loans have been issued.
The riskiest of the
subprime auto loan borrowers might find
more luck in going with smaller lenders that are willing to accept the risk to stay in the lending game.
One bond issue dealing with
subprime auto loans, the Skopos Auto Receivable Trust 2015 - 2, had 12 % of its underlying loans 30 days or more delinquent in just the first four mon
auto loans, the Skopos
Auto Receivable Trust 2015 - 2, had 12 % of its underlying loans 30 days or more delinquent in just the first four mon
Auto Receivable Trust 2015 - 2, had 12 % of its underlying
loans 30 days or
more delinquent in just the first four months.
What's even
more alarming is that
subprime auto loans share some strikingly similar numbers to the
subprime mortgage lending.
The surge of
auto loans -----
more than 30 % of which are
subprime ----- is consequent to Fed policy, but not in a good way.
That's because
subprime auto loans tend to have very high interest rates and may also come with additional fees, making them significantly
more expensive over the long term than the
loan you could potentially obtain with better credit.
Julie Menin, the Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs, said that
subprime auto loans «are growing at a staggering rate of
more than 130 % since the financial crisis.»
Subprime borrowers have easier time getting car
loans — Unlike with credit cards,
auto loans are becoming more available for borrowers with blemished credit... (See Auto lo
auto loans are becoming
more available for borrowers with blemished credit... (See
Auto lo
Auto loans)
Auto loans to people with tarnished credit have risen more than 130 percent in the five years since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis, with roughly one in four new auto loans last year going to borrowers considered subprime — people with credit scores at or below
Auto loans to people with tarnished credit have risen
more than 130 percent in the five years since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis, with roughly one in four new
auto loans last year going to borrowers considered subprime — people with credit scores at or below
auto loans last year going to borrowers considered
subprime — people with credit scores at or below 640.
Curry also warns against
auto loans that have a term of six years or longer, because the average
subprime loan has a term of six years (72 months) and carries an interest rate of
more than 10 %.