{"id":39855,"date":"2020-09-22T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=39855"},"modified":"2020-09-22T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:00:57","slug":"rebalancing-in-august-after-origination-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/rebalancing-in-august-after-origination-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebalancing in August after origination surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

August saw Estonian loan originations total \u20ac2,763,081\u2014a bit lower than July\u2019s<\/a> \u20ac3,037,495 mark, but still higher than June\u2019s \u20ac2,010,847. Ups and downs are normal and this small fall was predictable after originations skyrocketed before with 51.1% growth from June to July. The \u20ac3M mark is still close though and we fully expect originations to rise again in the next few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Originations
Originations took a slight dip after skyrocketing in July<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Estonian loans have increased their interest rate in August, averaging 35.8% on the month. This is an increase from the 34.9% we experienced in July and breaks the downwards trend after two months of consecutive decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originations are being done only in Estonia for the time being. The decision to possibly restart loans in Finland and Spain is expected to be reviewed in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Total
Total originations and interest rate in August 2020 – Bondora<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

C-rated loans go down<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The decrease in originations came accompanied by a low turnout in the C and D rating categories. While D-rated loans totaled \u20ac1,317,379 (-2.4%), it was C-rated loans that lost the largest share in August, coming down to \u20ac760,280 (-25.4%). B- and E-rated loans went the opposite direction and saw growth on the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes on interest rates were minimum as they stayed rather stable and very close to July\u2019s numbers. The biggest climbers were E-rated loans, reaching 46.7% in August, only a 0.3% rise from the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Share
Share of loans per rating in August 2020 – Bondora<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Average loan amount decreases in August<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After increasing for 3 months in a row, the average loan amount has decreased for the first time since April. The decline was 6.7% to \u20ac2,287.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Average
Average loan amounts for August compared to previous months<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Loan durations weren\u2019t affected by the slight decline in originations, averaging 55 months. This is the same we saw in July and interrupts a growing trend that lasted for 3 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Average
Average loan duration for August compared to previous months<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In contrast to July, in August we saw shorter-term loans gaining popularity, with 44 originations when adding together 6-, 9- and 12-month loan periods.The longer duration loans of 60 months took a dip to 902 loans, falling 2.9% from the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Number
Number of loans per duration in months in August<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Borrower net income surges in August<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recent months have seen the average age of the Estonian borrower swing between 39 and 38, with the latter being the number for August. This has been a steady average that has been held for three months now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Average
Average age of the Estonian borrower in August<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Net income skyrocketed in August. After a slight increase in July, when it grew by 6.8%, it saw tremendous growth last month with a 106.4% increase to \u20ac2,715.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Average
Average borrower net income in August<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Majority of borrowers are high school graduates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

High school education remains the biggest percentage among Estonian borrowers, accounting for 42.6% of the total borrower population\u2014roughly the same level from the numbers seen in July. The biggest change was in the Junior High category, which rose by 2.4% on the month, accounting for 19.2% of the total now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Education
Education profile of the Estonian borrowers in August<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Long term employees grow even more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There wasn\u2019t a massive change in the duration of employment for Estonian borrowers in August. However, we saw borrowers employed from 1 to 5 years losing 3.9% of the total share, while people employed by more than 5 years took 34.4% of the pie\u2014up 2.3% from July\u2019s numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"August
August originations by employment status of the borrower<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Stability trend on home ownership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The steady trend remains for borrower home ownership in Estonia. Homeowners still take the lead with a 46.0% share, 2.1% more than in July, while Tenants rose slightly to 19.4% of the total share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"August
August originations by borrower home ownership<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Verification status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The percentage of verified originations continues its growth trend, now rising from 91.4% to 92.3% of the total share. This number breaks the July record and it\u2019s now the largest verification percentile rating achieved for Estonia in 2020 to date. Unverified Estonian borrowers account for only 7.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Verification
Verification status of borrowers in August<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

August is a settling month<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After July\u2019s incredible growth, originations took a slight dive in August, which was a predictable movement. Nonetheless, Bondora continues to hold tight to its goal of providing a stable and consistent performance to all investors, even in times of uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start investing today! Read more about the different Bondora investment products here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August saw Estonian loan originations total \u20ac2,763,081\u2014a bit lower than July\u2019s \u20ac3,037,495 mark, but still higher than June\u2019s \u20ac2,010,847. Ups and downs are normal and this small fall was predictable after originations skyrocketed before with 51.1% growth from June to July. The \u20ac3M mark is still close though and we fully expect originations to rise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stats-and-data"],"acf":[],"featured_image":null,"categories_names":["Stats & Data"],"category_name":"Stats & Data","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}