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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2016 18:41:58 GMT
I am still trying to understand the inner workings of FS.
One of the things that sticks out is that, at least on some less popular loans, there is a certain dead time between listing and start of interest running (from a lender's perspective of course). This is made of 'loan filling' time + 'loan activation' time.
Could someone more experienced than me coment on the above 'dea' time? What is typically expected? Coming from a SS (but also FC) perspective, this does not look nice at all. I wonder why is FS not incentivating a faster process by taking the loan out only when all the papers are signed and/or use underwriters to fill the missing bits.
Looking at the 'available loans' for days and seeing some loans not advancing at all seems a bit scary. Wouln't like to have my money blocked for weeks on a non-starter...
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Post by SteveT on Aug 31, 2016 19:03:34 GMT
Not any longer. Since a recent policy change by FS, you now accrue interest from the date you bid.
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Post by martin44 on Aug 31, 2016 19:08:33 GMT
Yes, and they have also updated on the website under FAQ's
How long does it take for a loan to be funded?
Loans are normally activated within a 2 days of appearing on our website. Large loans (in excess of £100,000) can take longer. Interest is accrued to the investor from the date the investment is made in the loan.
If i recall correctly it used to say something along the lines of interest will accrue from the point when the loan goes live.
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Post by mikes1531 on Sept 5, 2016 18:49:01 GMT
Looking at the 'available loans' for days and seeing some loans not advancing at all seems a bit scary. It's still somewhat concerning in that it means that FS are paying out interest before they may have a borrower tied into a commitment to pay that interest. Which is fine for us investors but could put the platform under stress -- unless, of course, FS don't open a loan for funding until they have collected 'application' fees from borrowers that would cover the interest they'll be paying out before the loan is activated. Another positive point for investors is that there ought to be zero default risk during the pre-activation period because our money should be sitting safely in FS's client money account.
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