Subprime lending

Investors are reacting skeptically to the auto lender's deal to acquire CardWorks for $2.65 billion.

According to presale reports on Flagship’s $355 million auto-loan securitization, the subprime auto lender is removing the 2% collateral pool limit on loans over six years (72 months) that can be added during a three-month prefunding period for Flagship Auto Credit Trust 2020-1.

The Justice Department had issued subpoenas in 2014 and 2015 to GLS and other subprime lenders regarding underwriting criteria for lending as well as representations and warranties for loans being securitized, according to Kroll.

The older loans have boosted the $260M CPS 2020-A pool seasoning to nine months, compared to CPS’ standard vintage of loans under one month that usually collateralize CPS ABS platform issues.

Moody's and Kroll have lower loss expectations for the online platform's next $380M securitization.

The ratings agency's monthly auto loan ABS index tracker shows losses and 60-plus-day delinquencies decreased both month-over-month and year-over-year.

Santander Revolving Auto Loan Trust 2019-A is the debut deal on Santander’s revolving platform (or SREV, according to presale reports), and will have a five-year period in which the lender can add additional loans to the collateral

Lenders have bundled more than $18 billion worth of non-QM, private-label loans into bonds this year that they then sold to investors, a 44% increase from 2018 and the most for any year since the securities became common post-crisis.

The percentage of recent mortgage borrowers with subprime credit scores still resides in the single digits, but nearly doubled what is was in 2013, according to TransUnion.

Loss expectations are up slightly for the second retail auto lease securitization of the year for RAC King the parent company of the regional “buy here/pay here” used-car chain American Car Center.

According to ratings agency presale reports, the $398.7 million Flagship Credit Auto Trust 2019-4 includes a 23% share of collateral loans originated through the company’s growing dCarFinance.com direct financing channel.

A growing percentage of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.’s subprime auto loans are turning out to be clunkers soon after the cars are driven off the lot.

Subprime auto finance company Global Lending Services brought $300 million in notes to the asset-backed securities market GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust 2019-4.

The $450 million DT Auto Owner Trust 2019-4 has a pool balance of $519.7 million, an average balance of $17,125 per account and an 84.21% share of loans with terms over 60 months.

According to presale reports, the fixed-rate loan collateral in Angel Oak Mortgage Trust 2019-5 makes up 77.8% of the new collateral, compared to just 35.5% in Angel Oak’s previous deal that priced in July.

The transaction is the first securitization sponsored by the auto finance company since S&P Global downgraded four classes of subordinate notes in prior transactions due to higher-than-expected losses.

Arivo Acceptance, a two-year-old specialty-finance auto lender, is launching its debut securitization of subprime and non-prime loans for new and used cars, trucks and SUVs.

About 10% of the collateral pool consists of prime loans with extended term loans of 78 months excluded from World Omni's prime securitization platform.

The LendingPoint 2019-1 trust will market $169.4 million in notes backed by 18,760 loans with a collective balance of $178.3 million.

The decline in the share of "cured" delinquent loans is a potential signal for increased securitization losses in the months to come.