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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

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1 posted on 11/30/2016 10:18:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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Democrats I bet ...


2 posted on 11/30/2016 10:19:17 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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3 posted on 11/30/2016 10:19:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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So I should be able to pick up a cheap, nearly new car in the coming months if I pay cash?


4 posted on 11/30/2016 10:20:36 AM PST by PGR88
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We can do that?

I feel like such a sucker...

5 posted on 11/30/2016 10:20:45 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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I’ve thought for years that there are a lot of people rolling around in new cars that really couldn’t afford them. I’ve often wondered if there aren’t “Obama cars” to go with the “Obama phones.”


6 posted on 11/30/2016 10:21:11 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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Okay. So doesn’t that equal a coming tidal wave of Repossessions? One would presume that much.
Repo-Men are not known for their compassion or willingness to negotiate.


7 posted on 11/30/2016 10:21:19 AM PST by lee martell
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Car loan defaults are an early indicator of economy downturn or massive crash coming soon.


8 posted on 11/30/2016 10:21:22 AM PST by lurk (TEat)
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Time to get my car repo license and a tow truck!


9 posted on 11/30/2016 10:21:31 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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Sounds like it.


10 posted on 11/30/2016 10:21:36 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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Hey, why should they pay? Those greedy bastards at the automobile companies have enough money. Why shouldn’t these deadbeats have the right to a nice car just like some rich jerk who earned his money and paid for his car?


11 posted on 11/30/2016 10:22:26 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Do the subprime auto lenders think that they will magically avoid the same pitfalls that sunk the subprime housing lenders?


12 posted on 11/30/2016 10:22:26 AM PST by Boogieman
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Yep, people will default on utilities and rent before they default on car loans, since most people need those cars to get to work if they want any hope of paying their other bills.


13 posted on 11/30/2016 10:24:40 AM PST by Boogieman
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Back around 2004, I stood within a military office and noted that some E4 I worked with...who was preparing to buy a $45,000 car. I asked about the down-payment....he and his wife worked...and they were putting down $10,000. This was to be a four-year loan ($775 roughly for each month). The thing that bothered me....the two had another loan for another upscale car (paying around $500 a month on it). It’s a heck of a lot of debt and you can’t afford to have any emergency occur.


14 posted on 11/30/2016 10:25:49 AM PST by pepsionice
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But it's a Golden Age for the repo business...


15 posted on 11/30/2016 10:26:02 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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I’m going to guess that the EEOC might have been leaning on lenders who had inadequate diversity in their lending portfolio.


16 posted on 11/30/2016 10:26:29 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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GOOD CREDIT? BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT!...WE CAN PUT YOU IN A SET OF WHEELS!

17 posted on 11/30/2016 10:27:05 AM PST by Red Badger
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“I’m going to guess that the EEOC might have been leaning on lenders who had inadequate diversity in their lending portfolio.”


You nailed it.

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18 posted on 11/30/2016 10:27:48 AM PST by Mears
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AND TO THINK I JUST PAID OFF MY CAR!...............


19 posted on 11/30/2016 10:28:51 AM PST by Red Badger
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20 posted on 11/30/2016 10:30:28 AM PST by Red Badger
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