Wednesday, February 9, 2011

More cautious underwriting choices on auto loans

Car loan underwriters tend to be forgotten among the progenitors of the economic downturn, but careless decisions regarding subprime loans created a large amount of defaults. Lenders didn’t adequately weigh the chance of lending to consumers who had been hard-pressed to pay back, leading to excessive loan default. In accordance with Wards Auto, the sins of the past have forced the automotive business to take a closer look at auto loan standards.

Car loan underwriting depends upon all the facts

More attention is given to those applying for car loans with a terrible credit history. This is the only way to get approved for it. There are always possibilities to approve borrowers with a credit rating history with a few dings as long as significant dings are not in it. The Price Waterhouse and Cooper consumer Financial Group senior manager Douglas Ekizian explained this. Sometimes it seems clear the applicant has the ability to pay back the loan. In these cases, the underwriter makes a decision based on the consumer's history.

The more information, the better when it comes to making a car loan underwriting decision. Make sure the underwriter has your full income and employment data. Ekizian claims this so that analysts can do "more than a cursory review of credit-bureau forensic analytics.".

Auto lending is a gut call

The detail is really important to help a car loan underwriter to determine when and when the loan will not default. Alliance Acceptance CEO Ray Thousand explained this. Often, a default right after job loss is something overlooked. This is only the case as long as there are not any problems with a credit history. As the credit sector for auto loans has relaxed somewhat, sometimes borrowers with a bankruptcy are considered, said consumer risk finance manager Adem Yilmaz of Toyota Motors Financial Services.

"Determining willingness to pay back a loan is the gut call of the day. We're looking for evidence of ultimately trying to make good on the loan," said Thousand.

Auto loan defaults: Children of recession

A ton of car loan defaults occurred at the exact same time the U.S. economy did pretty badly. This was in 2008 and 2009. This dragged some of the country’s most respected car loan corporations into bankruptcy or in line for subprime bailout dollars. Mistakes of the past can hopefully be avoided by the auto lending market if careful underwriting choices are made.

Citations

Wards Auto

wardsauto.com/home/auto_loan_analysts_110204/

Understanding the role of loan underwriting

youtube.com/watch?v=Q7OvlYjNt9w



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