Credit Unions’ Auto Market Share Hits All-Time High
Despite all the challenges associated with buying a car right now, more consumers than ever are turning to credit unions for auto loans.
Despite all the challenges associated with buying a car right now, more consumers than ever are turning to credit unions for auto loans.
High used car prices make buying out the residual on a leased vehicle a burgeoning business, and this New Jersey credit union is targeting that trade.
Vehicle production continues to suffer in 2022 and experts predict effects to ripple into 2023 and beyond.
Vehicles are selling, but credit unions must consider the risks of financing less reliable used cars at all-time-high prices.
Lenders reported a record year for originations in 2021 despite rising asset prices and rates increases, both of which were substantively driven by inflationary pressures.
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First mortgage and used auto dominate the loan portfolio, but commercial lending is hitting an all-time high.
The reopening of local economies and the return of pre-pandemic consumer spending habits have mostly offset the role pandemic relief programs have played in recent growth. According to the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data, the number of credit inquiries have returned to 2019 levels. And thanks to additional post-CARES Act policies at federal
How residual based financing can help credit unions increase their auto loan volume.
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