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  Financing the Next Car Purchase? Make Sure You Get the Best Deal

 

  by Khalid R. Mustaffa

 

The number of consumers choosing to finance a car purchase is constantly increasing, this is due to considerably low prime rate. Cars in Houston, wrote this article with the intention of educating the large number of consumers that are unaware of important facts has for them.


To ensure the best financial situation, you should use a very strong weapon that the average consumer is not aware of. Within 14 days you can apply for as many “CAR Loans” as you want, and as far as your credit score is concerned, all will count as one. Therefore, you need to contact lenders yourself, especially the bank holding your primary checking account. Even though dealerships contact banks on your behalf, you should do the homework before visiting the dealership. Hence, the dealership gets a commission for referring you, which most often than you, you'll end up paying this commission. Worst case scenario, find out what sort of deals bank are willing to offer you.


Compare the financing offers you obtained, to the ones the dealerships are offering you. You should consider, and compare the following: Hence, you can calculate the total cost of the car by multiplying the number of payments, and the amount for each payment.

·         Monthly payment

·         Number of payments

·         Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

·         Annual percentage yield (APY)

Watch OUT. Sometimes, dealers run low financing offers for certain cars, this is to help them reorganize their inventory. These rate are sometimes less than the prime rate at the time, which means the lender is lending you money for less than they are getting for. In this case, make sure you are getting a price for the car that justifies for the low interest rate.

On an ending note, cars in houston has a tricky question for you. You will be encountered with such situations at the dealerships, so be prepared. If you were to pay the car over 4 years, Which out of the two deals would you want to be in?

·         (0% financing, car price $12,000) or

·         ( 5% financing, car price $10,000)?

To simplify the issue, the 5 percent option you would end up paying $11,055, where the 0 percent financing you end up paying $12,000 for the car.

 

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