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Low interest rates boost auto refinancing
Jan 17, 2013
Like homeowners, car owners are taking advantage of low interest rates to refinance high-cost auto loans.
Longer loans boost car sales
by
Jeff Tyler
Sep 12, 2012
Cheap credit is boosting car sales. But more buyers are taking loans of up to seven years. Monthly payments are lower; the total cost is higher.
Car loans becoming easier to get
Jul 31, 2012
The lending market for vehicle loans has softened, helping to drive car sales. Some lenders are even courting subprime borrowers.
Household investment is up
Mar 7, 2012
Consumer borrowing is on the rise. Here's the thing: Credit card borrowing is down. Student loans and auto loans -- investment debt -- is up.
Where lending rose and dropped
Dec 7, 2010
And this final note. For all the pronouncements that we'd become better, smarter savers out of the financial crisis, looks like the wallets are out...