What is inflation?
Inflation is the rate of increase in prices for goods and services. There are a number of different measures of inflation in use. The most frequently quoted and most significant ones are the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). Each looks at the prices of hundreds of things we commonly spend money on, including bread, cinema tickets and pints of beer – and tracks how these prices have changed over time.
How does Inflation affect the cost of credit in the Alternative Market
After a surprise jump in march to 2.3% (the highest rate for 4 years), inflation is expected to reach 2.8% by the end of 2017.
But, as always, we need to know how that affects us, in our everyday lives, and more importantly how it affects our clients.
We have broken this down into two very simplistic parts
Alternative Lenders are driven by simple market forces; such as
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Conclusion
Make hay while the sun shines
We believe this to be the ‘glory years’ in this emerging market. With loss leader pricing and broad credit criteria. We foresee the price of credit, and associated criteria becoming tighter and more stricter as the market matures. Fix a price today, and enjoy tat rate through the lifetime of the loan.
Remember: bank of England interest rate increases do not affect the alternative market.
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