Today is all about market efficiency. GH3, a loan offering with an ‘A’ credit rating is closing at the end of the working day.
It’s an opportunity to study the auction mechanism close up. A refresher as to what the loan process actually is, is available by looking at the video on our Lend page, or by examining the text in Frequently asked Questions.
As we pointed out yesterday, as the loan fills, we see the offers of cheaper credit knock out the more expensive ones. Yesterday morning the average cost of credit was 10.5 per cent. At the time of writing it is 9.8 per cent. So some of the ambitious, higher-priced bids have already been knocked out. There’s no profit without risk. Here, we’re seeing would-be lenders suffer the risk of going for, perhaps, a little too much profit.
Other Loan Offers
Registered users can see further details of two other loans on site – both with fixed returns (ie, not biddable in an auction) – of 8 per cent.
Risk & Access
See other articles on the interplay between security, access and yield.