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.
Despite the growing economy in the United States, an increasing number of
subprime auto loan borrowers are defaulting on their loans.
Information collected by Fitch Ratings uncovered that the auto loan delinquency level is now at 5.8 percent, the highest rate in some time.Despite the growing economy in the United States, an increasing number of
subprime auto loan borrowers are defaulting on their loans.
Not exact matches
I read a story recently that
auto loans have hit a new high, especially among
subprime borrowers.
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.
At their height,
loans to
subprime borrowers accounted for nearly 25 percent of outstanding
auto loans, or roughly $ 275 billion.
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.
Oblivious to the recent debacle in
subprime home lending,
auto lenders have worked hard to develop the
subprime (
borrowers with credit scores below 640)
auto loan market, offering seven and eight year
loans and other strategies designed to make monthly payments low.
Over the last few years,
subprime borrowers would've had a hard time getting an
auto loan with bad credit.
Consumer
borrowers owe $ 1.2 trillion in
auto loans debt, and there are 23 million Americans who currently hold
subprime auto loans.
According to Experian, the percentage of
auto loans given to
borrowers with
subprime credit ratings has fallen to its lowest point since 2012.
Subprime auto loans tend to have higher interest rates than conventional
auto loans, and if a
borrower is unable to repay the
loan, the lender will repossess the car and sell it.
To ensure that
borrowers are able to pay their
loans, lenders offer
subprime auto loans with longer repayment periods.
Consider that Structured Finance News reported that Santander Consumer USA, a major clearinghouse for
auto loans, sold off $ 700 million in
subprime loans in a matter of hours, even though the
borrower's average FICO score was 552 and 13 % of
borrowers had no credit score at all.
A Texas based company who lends
auto loans to
subprime borrowers was fined $ 2.75 million for reporting inaccurate information to the credit reporting agencies.
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
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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.
Outstanding
subprime auto debt (classified in the chart below as debt held by
borrowers with origination credit scores under 620) now stands at about $ 300 billion... Since 2011, the overall delinquency rate of
loans originated by
auto finance companies has significantly deteriorated.