To fill the pipeline, lenders started letting
subprime borrowers buy or refinance with little or nothing down.
This has led to fewer
subprime borrowers buying new cars this year.
According to the Experian study, the average loan term for deep
subprime borrowers buying new cars was 72 months long — or six full years.
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Borrowers default on
subprime loans
With both rising interest rates and the rising cost of a new car,
subprime borrowers are avoiding
buying new cars.
U.S.
subprime borrowers are staying away in larger numbers from
buying new cars, according to research company J.D. Power, via Bloomberg.
subprime borrowers are staying away in larger numbers from
buying new cars, according to research company J.D. Power, via Bloomberg.
With both rising interest rates and the rising cost of a new car,
subprime borrowers are avoiding
buying new cars.U.S.
Those left out in the cold:
Borrowers who can afford a rate adjustment; those who are already behind on their payments; borrowers who hold option - ARMs that aren't subprime; those who can refinance into a fixed - rate loan; and those who bought homes as inv
Borrowers who can afford a rate adjustment; those who are already behind on their payments;
borrowers who hold option - ARMs that aren't subprime; those who can refinance into a fixed - rate loan; and those who bought homes as inv
borrowers who hold option - ARMs that aren't
subprime; those who can refinance into a fixed - rate loan; and those who
bought homes as investments.
FHA currently offers the only alternative to high cost
subprime lending to
borrowers wishing to
buy or refinance homes with a low downpayment and compromised credit.
Also, they didn't do any
subprime lending, because they can't: the definition of a
subprime loan is precisely a loan that doesn't meet the requirement, imposed by law, that Fannie and Freddie
buy only mortgages issued to
borrowers who made substantial down payments and carefully documented their income.
While many
subprime borrowers think they can't
buy a house while toting around their bad credit, that's not actually the case.
This is eerily reminiscent of the housing crash of 2008 when
subprime borrowers were
buying homes that they couldn't afford.