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6 million Americans have stopped paying their car loans, and it's becoming a 'significant concern'
Business Insider ^ | 11/30/2016 | Matt Turner

Posted on 11/30/2016 10:18:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind

There is a lot of talk out there about the auto-loan market right now.

Hedge fund manager Jim Chanos has said the auto-lending market should "scare the heck out of everybody," while the auto-lending practices of some used-car dealerships has been given the John Oliver treatment on TV.

It's a topic we've been paying attention to as well. In a presentation in September at the Barclays Financial Services Conference, Gordon Smith, the chief executive for consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, set out some eye-opening statistics on the market.

Now the New York Federal Reserve is taking a closer look at the market. In a blog published Wednesday on the New York Fed's Liberty Street Economics site, researchers highlighted the deteriorating performance of subprime auto loans and set off the alarm.

"The worsening in the delinquency rate of subprime auto loans is pronounced, with a notable increase during the past few years," the report said.

To be clear, the overall delinquency rate for auto loans is pretty stable, and the majority are performing well.

There are, however, signs of stress in the subprime market segment, which has seen rapid growth. Here are the key numbers from the report:

* The subprime delinquency rate for the trailing four quarter period moved to 2% in the third quarter. The only other time it was 2% or more was in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

* Subprime auto loan originations hit $31.3 billion in the third quarter, down from $33.6 billion in the second quarter. Bank and credit unions originated $9.5 billion in subprime auto loans in the period, a record high.

* Outstanding subprime auto loan balances now stand at $280.2 billion, a record high. For perspective, the pre-crisis high was $249.5 billion, in the fourth quarter of 2007.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: autoloans; automotive; banking; bhoeconomy; carloans; debt; default; economy; loans; trends
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To: Scythian_Reborn

It's this guy's fault! Cal Worthington and his dog!.................

21 posted on 11/30/2016 10:32:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: lee martell

or they are more efficient with the advent of license plate scanners or how lenders are repossessing at the 30 days late point.

This is not the repo system of 8 years ago.


22 posted on 11/30/2016 10:35:05 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Red Badger

“Oh no, Rudy that’s a RED car!”


23 posted on 11/30/2016 10:35:12 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: Red Badger

“Car Loan Forgiveness” sure to be part of the
2020 Democrat Platform.


24 posted on 11/30/2016 10:35:25 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: pepsionice
Back around 2004, I stood within a military office
In 2005, I revisited Camp Lejeune where I had spent a year ('68-'69).
  The base was essentially the same with one noticeable exception.
  There were new parking lots EVERYWHERE you looked, and the vast majority were filled, primarily by new PU trucks.
That's when I stopped believing that the troops were vastly underpaid ... a claim you still hear today.
25 posted on 11/30/2016 10:37:23 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have also stopped paying my car loans. My reason is that I paid off the loan.


26 posted on 11/30/2016 10:38:29 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: SeekAndFind

Have the sub-prime lenders found a way to put the US taxpayer on the hook for the defaulted loans? That’s what they used Fannie Mae for during the 2008 recession.


27 posted on 11/30/2016 10:38:45 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: SeekAndFind

“Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
All my friends are driving Porsches and I must make amends.”


28 posted on 11/30/2016 10:39:51 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SeekAndFind

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Think of all the fools that have bought blister cars, and electric rolling coffin cars.

They have to be seeing the writing on the wall by now.
.


29 posted on 11/30/2016 10:40:12 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: PGR88

I always pay cash for my cars. They treat you better and you can boss the car guys around for better deals...


30 posted on 11/30/2016 10:40:29 AM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: oh8eleven

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But nobody stops paying for their PU or large SUV.

Its the tiny death-trap blister cars that are not worth paying for.
.


31 posted on 11/30/2016 10:43:14 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Subprime”


Subprime is subprime because of the high risk of default.
It’s like junk bonds. There’s a reason they’re junk, and buyers beware. The current case reflects the relation between blacks and Cadillacs in the last century:
“We may not have them long, but we have them first.”


32 posted on 11/30/2016 10:44:09 AM PST by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hahaha.


33 posted on 11/30/2016 10:46:04 AM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Before the crash: It’s racist not to give out bad loans!
During the crash: It was racist to give out bad loans!
After the crash: It’s racist not to give out bad loans!


34 posted on 11/30/2016 10:46:10 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow! That’s just Awful. Six million people?! The Obama Great Depression continues -—


35 posted on 11/30/2016 10:46:52 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero. $500for an appraisal of gen on)
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To: PGR88

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If you’ll settle for a little blister car.

Rottsa ruck on finding a big PU or SUV!
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36 posted on 11/30/2016 10:47:05 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow! That’s just Awful. Six million people?! The Obama Great Depression continues -—


37 posted on 11/30/2016 10:47:09 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Simple solutions for sImple minds.


38 posted on 11/30/2016 10:49:24 AM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I stopped paying mine. Right after I paid it off.


39 posted on 11/30/2016 10:49:37 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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To: Scythian_Reborn

Nope ..... six million that bought a car because they had a job to pay for it ..... are now out of a job.


40 posted on 11/30/2016 10:51:36 AM PST by knarf
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