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P2P Lending Showing Low Losses And Decent Returns
17 out of 30 P2P lending companies that have provided us with 100 data points have had zero or very low losses, and those represent the bulk of the loans made in the industry.
As a result, the vast majority of individuals lending money through P2P (probably around 200,000 people) have shown a great overall profit.
(You can see all the details and data points on each P2P lending company by visiting our comparison tables and clicking the checkboxes on the right to get all the details.)
Confirmed zero losses
6.7% interest.
£20 million lent since 2014 in secured and insured business loans.
- Assetz Capital (Quick-Access Account, 30-Day Access Account, Great British Business and Green Energy Income accounts)
Up to 7% interest.
£120 million since 2013 in business and short-term property (bridging) and development loans, and property receiving rent, with reserve fund, auto-lend and early exit.
3.79% interest.
£10 million in residential buy-to-let loans since 2014, secured with reserve fund, auto-lend & early exit.
Up to 5.2% interest.
£35 million in personal loans since 2014, with large reserve fund, loan repayment insurance, auto-lend & early exit.
Approx. 10% after forecast losses with 12.7% earned to date.
£30 million since 2015 secured on cars and boats, and short-term property (bridging) and developments.
9% net interest after forecast losses.
£15 million since 2014 in secured loans to wealthy individuals against own homes and other property, cars, boats and fine wine, with early exit.
Up to 7% net interest after forecast losses.
£10 million lent since 2014 secured on commercial property receiving rent, with early exit.
Up to 5.4% interest.
£1.5 billion in personal, business and property development loans since 2010, with large reserve fund, auto-lend & early exit.
8.25% interest.
£6 million since 2013 in secured short-term (bridging) and property development loans, property receiving rent and wind energy projects, with early exit.
11.5% interest so far.
£10 million lent since 2014 in corporate bonds.
Up to 2.32% interest.
£350 million since 2013 in secured short-term (bridging) and property development loans, with reserve fund and early exit.
- Zopa (Classic and Access accounts).
Up to 4.1% interest.
£1.7 billion in personal loans since 2005, with large reserve fund, auto-lend & early exit.
Either zero or very low losses
On the whole, those lending their money have no reserve funds but pay higher interest rates. Their records have been excellent, so that lenders can expect to have made a very decent risk-adjusted profit:
7.1% interest after losses.
£1.5 billion lent since 2010 in business and property development loans, with auto-lend and early exit.
11.2% interest after forecast losses.
£60 million since 2013 secured on cars and boats, and short-term property (bridging) and developments, with early exit.
Approx. 8% after losses.
£7 million since 2014 in business loans, with auto-lend and early exit.
Approx. 7.5% interest.
€5 million in personal loans, homeowner mortgages and property development to borrowers in the Baltic State.
Approx. 10% interest.
€7 million in payday loans and homeowner mortgages in Sweden and Spain, with auto-lend and early exit.
Average returns are 4.59%
Interest rates currently remain, even for lower-risk P2P lending options, considerably higher than savings accounts.
Average returns based on our Forecast Returns Index are 4.59%. Lenders wanting to earn 7%-13% interest on secured loans can do so by adding loans from companies like Proplend (rental property loans), HNW Lending (asset-secured loans to wealthy borrowers) as well as business loans platforms like ThinCats. (See the P2P Loans Feed for a daily (or even intra-daily) update on loans paying at least 7% interest that are secured on property that is valued at least twice as high as the loan.)
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