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A NZ P2P update, today.
http://www.interest.co.nz/personal-f...ding-platforms
Pretty much all the user comments on the above article reflect my thinking.
Standout quote "Harmoney attracts a low calibre of borrowers and its growth has come from it trawling rather than fishing for loans"
Err, that is a complete misquote!
The writer clearly hasn't researched non-NZ P2P lending to get an understanding of how it has fared in a downturn.
Many borrowers turn to P2P lending because it's cheaper than banks! Sure Harmoney also cater for lower calibre borrowers, but the interest rate reflects that! I don't think they try to say otherwise? It is the lenders choice. If you look at the data provided by Harmoney, there lending profile is improving, not getting worse as many suggest here - I suspect they just don't understand the graphs etc. provided and perhaps shouldn't be investing in P2P because they don't understand it well enough and draw very wrong conclusions.
I don't understand why people who see Harmoney as such a bad model invest in it! Hypocrisy?
When you invest in loan note that offers an interest rate of for example over 25%, there must be an understanding that there is considerable risk attached to the intact return of your capital. The borrowers may have been refused credit by other organisations as the number of enquiries may or may not indicate.Some may call that trawling for borrowers.
Any difference from banks offering Credit Cards at ~23% cash advance rate? Those same banks offering 'lenders', at best, 4% return?
D, E and F loans currently make up ~15% of Harmoney loans (June 2017) - personally I think it needs some perspective? It is not Harmoney accepting the loans...
Also, people just starting out investing in Harmoney loans need to be aware that most borrowers on Harmoney have probably been turned down by the banks as deemed too risky. Borrowers who have a mortgage would get a much lower interest rate loan from the bank. Even the borrowers who don't have a mortgage would get a personal loan at a much lower interest rate from the banks.
Harmoney's risk grades are also often questionable. This week there was a B3 loan where the borrower was asking for $50k with a monthly income of $3,900 and monthly loan payment over $1k. That loan should've been a much higher risk grade.
Start something different: Post your best borrower comment:
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Life is definitely like a box of chocolates you never know what your gonna get - the latest pick was some new shocks for my car. Am not wanting to fly out of the window in this cold so thank you in advance for helping me :)
Have you guys look at your arrears, and the loans that represent them, and how much of a $ this is of your overall portfolio and the value of it?
ie the % of your portfolio at risk? - obviously most of these loans in arrears will get back on track, but some will blow up into full defaults.
My % has been going up and up over time (I guess this is expected?) I am 11 months in now and its doubled in the last 5 months (from 3.5% to 7%), representing about $7k of loans. It is a concern because I am guessing its a lead indicator of defaults...
For anyone that has a mature portfolio, what does this % look like?