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Post by bonfemme on Aug 14, 2015 16:52:57 GMT
An A-rated asset-secured loan has just been listed for £84k at a fixed rate of 9.5pc. Is this the shape of things to come?
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Post by nickthefool on Aug 14, 2015 17:05:38 GMT
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Post by transo on Aug 14, 2015 18:38:00 GMT
I think they probably think auto-bid will grab it's 65% or whatever now and they can get the rest from manual bidders, but they'll have to be generous ones. Although FC Asset Finance (or whatever it's called) will own the asset until the loan is paid off, that's not that much security as it's predicted to be worth <50% of the loan value up until the final year, and there's not much security in the rest of the company judging by their balance sheet. 9.5% for five years seems a poor return when FC are putting 10%+ on A-rated property loans with durations around a year, and often throwing cashback in. They (like lots of lenders) don't seem to understand yield curves; surely I'm not the only person expecting interest rates to be higher rather than lower in five years time!?
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Post by betterthanworking on Aug 14, 2015 19:25:26 GMT
I'm wary of assets like this that are software-driven; they can depreciate much more quickly than expected as they become technologically superseded. I'll be leaving this one alone I think.
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Aug 15, 2015 14:28:30 GMT
Me too .. I'd like to actively discourage all this 'fixed rate, take it or leave it' nonsense (i.e. where ZOPA went).
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