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Signs of Predatory Lending

Signs of Predatory Lending. What to Watch Out For When You’re Shopping for a Loan. Signs of Predatory Lending. Car Title Lending Abuses. Families risk losing their cars to these predatory short-term loans. . www.responsiblelending.org. Signs of Predatory Lending. Car Title Lending Abuses.

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Signs of Predatory Lending

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  1. Signs ofPredatory Lending What to Watch Out For When You’re Shopping for a Loan

  2. Signs of Predatory Lending Car Title Lending Abuses Families risk losing their cars to these predatory short-term loans. www.responsiblelending.org

  3. Signs of Predatory Lending Car Title Lending Abuses www.responsiblelending.org Sign #1: High Interest Rates Car title lenders often express the cost of their loans as fees for a short-term loan. For example, a title loan may cost $25 per $100 loan for a 30-day period. This equates to an annual interest rate of 300%, and the short-term due date for the entire loan plus the fee usually forces the borrower to take out back-to-back loans.

  4. Signs of Predatory Lending Car Title Lending Abuses www.responsiblelending.org Sign #2: Short Due Date. Car title loans are generally due in one month. Because the borrower cannot pay the loan off in such time, most are caught in a cycle of repeat loans that put them in a worse financial position than when they first borrowed.

  5. Signs of Predatory Lending Car Title Lending Abuses www.responsiblelending.org Sign #3: Vehicle at Risk. Title lenders secure their loans by holding the title of the borrower’s vehicle. If the borrower does not pay off the loan when it’s due, the lender can take possession of the borrower’s vehicle.

  6. Signs of Predatory Lending Car Title Lending Abuses www.responsiblelending.org Sign #4: Cycle of Debt. Car title borrowers frequently end up in a cycle of long-term, high-cost debt. In Missouri, for example, the state auditor found that, on average, car title lenders make 3.5 times more renewal loans than new loans each month.

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