Not exact matches
Despite the drop off in
subprime loans, borrowers with the lowest credit ratings still hold
over $ 210 billion in
auto loan debt or about 20 percent of the $ 1.1 trillion in total outstanding debt.
Auto loans to
subprime borrowers, with credit scores between 550 and 619, increased by more than 11 %
over fourth quarter 2011.
Moreover, Experian reported that in the fourth quarter of 2012, lenders increased
auto loans to borrowers identified as deep
subprime, with credit scores below 550, by 31 % year
over year.
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.
Over the last few years,
subprime borrowers would've had a hard time getting an
auto loan with bad credit.
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.
Although the impact on the larger financial sector may be muted, there are
over 23 million consumers who hold
subprime auto loans.