Why do banks charge more interest on car loans than on home mortgages?

Be Sociable, Share!
Tags: , , , , , , ,

5 Comments for “Why do banks charge more interest on car loans than on home mortgages?”

  1. Wally

    When you loan money for a car the car will definitely be worth less money in the near future than it is now. A house has a better chance
    at least historically of keeping its value. Therefore the bank has less risk. Less risk justifies the lower interest.

  2. hottotrot1_usa

    There’s more risk. These risks include: the owner may drive far away with the car and stop paying, the car will depreciate in value, the car may be in an accident, the car may be stolen, etc.

  3. src50

    Higher risk.

  4. Thomas

    The reason behind that is simple, that the car will depreciate in value as soon you drive it off the dealership car lot. How sad but its true, if you bought a new car that is worth $30,000 and you drove it off the lot, the value of your car just lost $5,000 and each month/number of miles on your car drop another 2 or 3% of the value of the car. They want to make as much money off each car as they can, for the house its value doesn’t depreciate once you approve for the loan.

  5. Kelsey

    There’s more risk with a car loan than a home loan. Cars depreciate in value where homes typically appreciate in value.

    Don’t confuse yourself though, auto terms are only about 3-7 years long vs. a 30 year mortgage term. The lender makes hundreds of thousands in interest on a mortgage because the term is so long vs. only a few thousand on an auto loan.

Leave a Reply

*

Search Archive

Search by Date
Search by Category
Search with Google
Log in |

Powered by Yahoo! Answers