Q4 2020 TransUnion Industry Insights report explores latest consumer credit trends.
Newly released TransUnion Insurance Shopping Annual Report uncovers impacts of COVID-19 on personal auto insurance.
TransUnion analysts report more consumers in the prime and superprime credit tiers are choosing to buy used as off-lease units continue to flood the market, offering a budget-friendly alternative to increasingly expensive new cars.
DealerPolicy’s auto dealer insurance platform is now backed by TransUnion’s DriverRisk violation data solution, promising enhanced speed and accuracy of quotes.
A new solution from CoreLogic Credco was designed to help auto dealers efficiently prequalify potential customers via soft-pull credit reports and scores from all three national credit bureaus.
The firm attributed the slowdown to improvements in oil states and tightening underwriting guidelines, which have also helped stabilize delinquency rates.
Originations continued to fall at a faster rate than previous years, as finance sources continued to tighten underwriting standards during 2017’s end-of-year quarter. TransUnion officials, however, say the sector is performing well as the economy remains relatively strong.
Replacement demand from hurricanes Harvey and Irma should provide a temporary boost in new-vehicle demand to open 2018, but TransUnion officials said consumers will shift toward the used-vehicle market as finance sources continue to tighten credit underwriting standards.
For the fourth consecutive quarter, auto loan originations in the second quarter decreased on a year-over-year basis. Much of that decline was driven a 5.9% decrease in subprime, nearprime, and prime loan originations.
Representatives from the three major credit bureaus opened the 21st annual Vehicle Finance Conference and Exposition by confirming that there is no forming subprime bubble. They explained why and how millennials are contributing to a healthy auto finance market.