The average credit card interest rate is near 16 % as of this writing, with cards catering to
subprime credit averaging over 23 % APR..
Not exact matches
Specifically, they're dialing down the
average credit limit — the maximum amount an account can carry — for people with
credit scores below 600 — the market's so - called «
subprime borrowers».
By comparison, the
average APR for
subprime credit cards — which are generally offered to consumers with severely damaged
credit — clocks in at 22.86 percent.
Prosper does not allow
subprime lending and the
average borrower has a 706
credit score.
For
subprime consumers, or those with
credit scores below 650, Vantage Score increases were more profound with an
average increase of 29 points.
While many lenders are nervous when it comes to making out a new mortgage for those with bad
credit, there are many out there who understand that the
average person who has found themselves with a mortgage payment that they can not pay is simply a victim of a risqué lending practice that has fortunately come to an end with stricter legislation on
subprime lending being passed.
For the
average credit card issuer, the choice between a prime borrower and a
subprime borrower is equally clear.
The BankAmericard Secured
Credit Card is an average credit card for people with subprime credit scores (below
Credit Card is an
average credit card for people with subprime credit scores (below
credit card for people with
subprime credit scores (below
credit scores (below 600).
For
subprime consumers, or those with
credit scores below 650, the
average point increase was 29 points.
It would be a stretch to call Fannie Mae a backer of
subprime mortgage loans, but in many cases they offer loans to people with below -
average credit if they have strong credentials in on areas.
And at Santander Consumer USA, a Dallas - based
subprime auto lender,
average borrower
credit scores were higher as of March 31 than they were a year earlier.
You can get a
subprime loan today that is backed by the U.S. government even if your
credit score is below
average.
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.
The
average FICO, a widely used
credit score, dropped to 680 from an original 715, but topped the 620 that some analysts deem a cutoff for «
subprime.»
Add in an APR that's only competitive when compared to
subprime credit cards (or other store cards), and the Belk ® Rewards Card starts to look a lot less appealing to the
average consumer.
Those rates are notable, in part, because they are even higher than the
average maximum rate for
subprime credit cards.
Meanwhile, the
average credit limit for a
subprime card account fell 1.1 percent to $ 2,547.