loan terms
Loan terms are the details of a loan, like how long you have to pay it back and how much interest you will pay. For cars, longer loan terms can mean smaller monthly payments but more total cost in the end.
Loan terms refer to the conditions and duration of a loan agreement, including the interest rate, repayment period, and monthly payment amounts. In the automotive industry, longer loan terms can make monthly payments more manageable but may result in paying more interest over time.
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"Loan terms, once you start getting beyond 72 months, you start getting to 84 and 96 months. And 120, we've seen credit unions go up to 120 months, 10-year car loans."
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"Loan terms keep stretching to a record 31.1% of loans now run longer than 72 months, while down payments slid to 13.2%."
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