NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - Consumers facing high asset prices and rising interest rates have a few loan options.
But if you must go ahead, either face taking on a big monthly payment, or stretching out the loan term to keep the monthly bill down - as many are doing.
New car loans lasting 73-84 months (over six years) rose to 34.4% of the market in 2022 from 28.6% in 2018, according to auto information site Edmunds.
A few borrowers are going even longer, with less than 1% of new car loans lasting 85 months or more.
MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONSIf you must keep pushing out the loan term to afford an asset, that may be a signal to get real.
Persons:
Ira Rheingold, Rheingold, Eric Scruggs, Brandon Gibson, Erin Witte, Witte, Lauren Young, Richard Chang
Organizations:
YORK, National Association of Consumer, Housing Administration, Consumer Federation of America, Thomson, Reuters
Locations:
Edmunds, Stoneham , Massachusetts, Dallas