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Post by birdie on Aug 25, 2022 7:26:27 GMT
Site tinkering has been going on overnight, the expected loan end date has been reversed, the longest loan comes up first and the shortest end date is last, no big deal but with 86 loans I have to scroll to the end to see the earliest repayment loans.
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Ace
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Post by Ace on Aug 25, 2022 7:35:47 GMT
That's annoying. Would be better if they allowed a click on the column titles to sort by that criteria, toggling the direction with each click, as seems common elsewhere.
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Post by uksoul on Aug 25, 2022 8:14:00 GMT
Site tinkering has been going on overnight, the expected loan end date has been reversed, the longest loan comes up first and the shortest end date is last, no big deal but with 86 loans I have to scroll to the end to see the earliest repayment loans.Just no Just noticed this and it is annoying having to go to the end of the list for the earliest repayable loans. Hopefully it is just a glitch and will right itself soon.
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Post by birdie on Sept 8, 2022 8:24:05 GMT
I can't believe how many of my loans are ( pending status update) as soon as a loan is close to being repaid it gets extended because the client hasn't got re-finance in place, week after week I get e-mails telling me there are new loans on the platform but very few of mine are being repaid, it's getting annoying now even though I am still getting interest on the loan. Only a little rant but I feel better now.
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Post by Village Idiot on Sept 8, 2022 8:47:00 GMT
I can't believe how many of my loans are ( pending status update) as soon as a loan is close to being repaid it gets extended because the client hasn't got re-finance in place, week after week I get e-mails telling me there are new loans on the platform but very few of mine are being repaid, it's getting annoying now even though I am still getting interest on the loan. Only a little rant but I feel better now. Whilst they don't have a monopoly on extending loans (most platforms seem to do it a lot), it does seem to be almost every loan. I am starting to find the 'the good news is you will still earn interest' mildly annoying now. Penalty interest would be a far more satisfactory consolation. Another option would be to allow extended loans to be traded with no fee on the somewhat torturous secondary market.
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Post by overthehill on Sept 8, 2022 8:52:35 GMT
I can't believe how many of my loans are ( pending status update) as soon as a loan is close to being repaid it gets extended because the client hasn't got re-finance in place, week after week I get e-mails telling me there are new loans on the platform but very few of mine are being repaid, it's getting annoying now even though I am still getting interest on the loan. Only a little rant but I feel better now.
I don't know if it's getting worse with Kuflink but my portfolio is exactly same. Maybe the loan durations are too short ?
I've always applied the same logic to every platform including Fundingsecure, when enough loans stop paying back on time, stop increasing and start reducing.
Crowdproperty is the same, my portfolio has been almost static for 4 months, I think it's been 1 non-refinanced loan paid back in full. The Kuflink SM is a good indication of current sentiment, no such thing with CP.
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Post by scooter on Sept 8, 2022 9:31:13 GMT
I can't believe how many of my loans are ( pending status update) as soon as a loan is close to being repaid it gets extended because the client hasn't got re-finance in place, week after week I get e-mails telling me there are new loans on the platform but very few of mine are being repaid, it's getting annoying now even though I am still getting interest on the loan. Only a little rant but I feel better now. Whilst they don't have a monopoly on extending loans (most platforms seem to do it a lot), it does seem to be almost every loan. I am starting to find the 'the good news is you will still earn interest' mildly annoying now. Penalty interest would be a far more satisfactory consolation. Another option would be to allow extended loans to be traded with no fee on the somewhat torturous secondary market. The reason they gave me for not passing on the penalty interest was the fact that you can still sell the loan. I agree that free sales would be good, but probably not going to happen. I only buy small amounts, and the secondary market moves quickly, but i noticed a huge chunk of 13k stuck there. I think allowing investors to sell part of an investment might be a step forward.
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Post by uksoul on Sept 8, 2022 9:33:25 GMT
Yes, the loan durations are too short for sure. Good idea to mentally add on 3 months minimum to the end date given.
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Post by rocky1 on Sept 9, 2022 14:39:09 GMT
what about borrowers expected loan start date. KF loans funding now [we have now paid out funds to borrower] still hundreds of Ks not funded by lenders and KFs new opportunity [already paid out to borrower prior to being funded by lenders ] still many Ks not funded by lenders.high LTVs and many tranches of same loans is maybe why they are not filling so quickly.are KBL under writing these loans and hoping for lenders to come in. it is a pity that the expected loan end date is not dealt with such zealous.
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Post by rscal on Sept 9, 2022 15:21:26 GMT
I sent a 'contact us' email when I saw the date thingy - it's likely the coders fiddling with it. whereas, they won't do anything with font colour (hate 'greyed out' text) and size that I feed back to them months ago. They're clearly not 'on it' as the young kids say.
On 'rolling' I suppose getting bigger (starting but not always finishing 'on time') is responsible for the fact that (as they state) 'no one' has lost any investment ... now that's enviable b/c they keep book better than any other P2P at that rate!
On the penalty interest - most loans are about 12 pc for the 6 and a bit they pay us - meaning the borrowers are already fairly committed. Don't think it would be far to do that .... UNLESS KF would dip into its own margin AND also charge a small amount extra to see the Lenders handsomely rewarded by short extensions (eg BR 12% -> 12.5% LR 6.5% -> 7.5%) It would incentivise KF to get the terms righter if they had to act against their own interests like that.
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Post by df on Sept 9, 2022 19:11:21 GMT
Site tinkering has been going on overnight, the expected loan end date has been reversed, the longest loan comes up first and the shortest end date is last, no big deal but with 86 loans I have to scroll to the end to see the earliest repayment loans. I've got 136 (some are multiples). Can only see 6 at the time on my computer screen whilst on ABL's UI I can see 17. KUF tend to like a lot of empty spaces and large images. Moving slide shows at the bottom of "available" are annoying too and large images don't allow to see the tranche numbers if the name of the "deal" is long unless you hover over them and that sometimes doesn't work (all I want to see is a list of tranches/tiers and value of my investments in them in one place, I don't need to see 3 large pictures of the same house per page). Changing to a list view only allows to see 2 loans at the time, so it's even worse. It's probably just me, but I find KUF's UI one of the worst to navigate.
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Post by p2pfan on Sept 10, 2022 0:16:55 GMT
Agree, the interface is very user-unfriendly in many ways.
I, too, am frustrated by the vast majority of loans being extended way beyond their stated redemption provided by KUF. These extensions are normally v-e-r-y long i.e. several months, and often there are extensions upon extensions.
The extensions increase the risk for lenders losing money because, for instance, the interest is often retained during the lending period, but will not be beyond that period.
KUF charges borrowers high interest rates and lenders only receiving a measly about half the interest charged. The amounts KUF charges borrowers are far higher than most similar P2P platforms and gives KUF ample opportunity to set-up the loans in a manner that lenders receive penalty interest for the very common extensions.
The vast majority of P2P platforms I lend through, such as CP, pay penalty interest to lenders, so KUF should too.
However, they are not doing so, and that therefore doesn't give either KUF or their borrowers any incentive to pay us lenders back when we are told we will be. Hence the extensions on almost every loan.
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Post by rocky1 on Sept 10, 2022 4:24:27 GMT
if KF are charging borrowers penalty interest on these extensions then the borrower is going to struggle even more.as said no rush to call in loans they can still milk them.its only lenders money they play with.
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Post by benaj on Sept 10, 2022 10:32:28 GMT
TBH, extending loans are not always ideal, but much better than so called repaid and renewed seen in other platforms.
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Post by uksoul on Sept 15, 2022 21:54:36 GMT
Site tinkering has been going on overnight, the expected loan end date has been reversed, the longest loan comes up first and the shortest end date is last, no big deal but with 86 loans I have to scroll to the end to see the earliest repayment loans. Now back to normal, with the earliest loan end date displayed first.
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