{"id":33234,"date":"2018-04-08T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T22:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33234"},"modified":"2018-04-08T17:40:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T22:40:42","slug":"subprime-auto-implosion-in-full-effect-as-lenders-start-dropping-like-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33234","title":{"rendered":"Subprime Auto Implosion In Full Effect As Lenders Start Dropping Like Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-04-08\/subprime-auto-implosion-full-effect-lenders-start-dropping-flies\">Subprime Auto Implosion In Full Effect As Lenders Start Dropping Like Flies<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><strong>We are in the midst of watching the subprime auto lending bubble burst in its entirety.<\/strong> Smaller subprime auto lenders are starting to implode, and we all know\u00a0what comes next: the larger companies go bust, inciting real capitulation.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-04-02\/subprime-auto-bubble-just-burst-buyers-are-suddenly-missing-showrooms\">coverage out just days ago <\/a>\u00a0talking about how the subprime bubble has burst and, since then\u00a0since has been crunched even further, additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-06\/smaller-u-s-subprime-auto-lenders-are-folding-as-losses-pile-up\">reports today<\/a> are showing that smaller subprime lenders are starting to simply implode after being faced with losses and defaults. In addition to losses and defaults, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-06\/smaller-u-s-subprime-auto-lenders-are-folding-as-losses-pile-up\">Bloomberg reported<\/a> this morning that there have been allegations of fraud and under reporting losses, tactics that are clearly reminiscent of &lt;throw a dart at any financial crisis\/bubble burst\u00a0over the last 30 years&gt;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Growing numbers of small subprime auto lenders are closing or shutting down after loan losses and slim margins spur banks and private equity owners to cut off funding.<\/p>\n<p>Summit Financial Corp., a Plantation, Florida-based subprime car finance company, filed for bankruptcy late last month after lenders including Bank of America Corp. said it had misreported losses from soured loans. And a creditor to Spring Tree Lending, an Atlanta-based subprime auto lender, filed to force the company into bankruptcy last week, after a separate group of investors accused the company of fraud. Private equity-backed\u00a0<a title=\"Pelican Auto Finance, LLC Announces $50 million Partnership with Flexpoint Ford\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/terminal\/MHK2FI3MMTC0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pelican Auto Finance<\/a>, which specialized in \u201cdeep subprime\u201d borrowers, finished winding down last month after seeing its profit margins shrink.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/c1_0.png?itok=tpYYe0lb\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/c1_0.png?itok=tpYYe0lb\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/c1_0.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/c1_0.png?itok=tpYYe0lb 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"36a0777c-2df7-455d-952a-4103b0735ac7\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The pain among smaller lenders has parallels with the subprime mortgage crisis last decade, when the demise of finance companies like Ownit Mortgage and Sebring Capital Partners were a\u00a0<a title=\"A Sinking Sensation for Subprime Loans\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2007-02-14\/a-sinking-sensation-for-subprime-loansbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harbinger\u00a0<\/a>that bigger losses for the financial system were coming. In both cases, rising interest rates helped trigger more loan losses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subprime Auto Implosion In Full Effect As Lenders Start Dropping Like Flies We are in the midst of watching the subprime auto lending bubble burst in its entirety. Smaller subprime auto lenders are starting to implode, and we all know\u00a0what comes next: the larger companies go bust, inciting real capitulation. In addition to our\u00a0coverage out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19646,3891,1806,2606,2562,4318],"class_list":["post-33234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","tag-auto-bubble","tag-auto-loans","tag-bubble","tag-defaults","tag-subprime-auto-loans","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33235,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33234\/revisions\/33235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}