Such a non-performing loan (NPL) investment method as investing in securitized asset-backed NPL first and then participating in its auction, thus successfully bidding from a preferred position, has increased continuously. This practice has caused the ...
Such a non-performing loan (NPL) investment method as investing in securitized asset-backed NPL first and then participating in its auction, thus successfully bidding from a preferred position, has increased continuously. This practice has caused the loss of time and money to investors and end users who are intending to buy real estate at a lower price in auction market, and generated various problems in auction market itself as well. In this vein, the purpose of this study was to examine the problem of securitized asset-backed NPL in auction market and then find out its improvement strategy.
For this, literature and Internet data were examined, focusing on the conception of NPL, the structural change of asset-backed securitization of NPL and the management of NPL asset. And then, based on the above examination, the statistics of successful bid were analyzed and a questionnaire survey was carried out. The subjects for the analysis on successful bid statistics were Gyeonggi-do, Incheon Metropolitan City, and factories in Gimpo City, Paju City and Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-do. Successful bid statistics of sold cases were sampled from all the auction cases and NPL auction cases, carried out for one year in 2011, and they were comparatively analyzed, focusing on the number of auction, the number of successful bid, the rate of successful bid, total appraised value, appraised value for successful bid, total successful bid price, the rate of successful bid price, the number of bidder and the rate of bid, thus drawing statistical results of NPL investment consequence in auction market. And a questionnaire survey of 30 experts working for auction market (licensed real estate agents for auction, consulting agents, judicial scriveners and so on) and 77 would-be ordinary auction investors was carried out, with 31 questions on the change of auction investment method, information about creditors, information about the valuation of NPL and backed real estate, and the establishment of NPL investment intermediary and specialized educational agency for NPL investment, thus examining problems and improvement strategies.
Study findings are as follows:
First, the results of analysis on statistics for successful bid presented the fact that the lower the average successful bid rate, the higher the rate of successful bid price for NPL auction. The difference from the average successful bid rate for total auction sold was +0.52~8.47%. Therefore, the influence of NPL investment was presented via the rate of successful bid price.
Second, the results of questionnaire survey presented the fact that experts and would-be ordinary auction investors sympathized with the change of auction investment method by 96.7% and 84.4% respectively. As for the possibility of successful bid when ordinary auction investors compete with NPL investors in bids, both groups thought it would be difficult to bid successfully. In particular, since the majority of them had the experience of consulting about NPL investment more than once, NPL investment seems to spread out widely.
Third, they thought, in order for them to invest in NPL, it is necessary to open creditor information and valuation information on NPL and backed real estate, but current opening of information is insufficient. In this regard, 90% of experts and 83.2% of would-be ordinary auction investors thought it is difficult to acquire information. As for its improvement strategy, they suggested information must be opened via court auction sites and NPL investment company’s homepages.
Fourth, both groups regarded consultation about the transaction of NPL investment as difficult. As its improvement strategy, 59.5% of would-be ordinary auction investors suggest the establishment of NPL investment intermediary, whereas 66.6% of experts suggest transaction must be carried out by opening a financial agency counter.
Fifth, as for the improvement strategy of preventing the potential economic loss of NPL investment, 93.3% of experts and 94.7% of would-be ordinary auction investors suggest the establishment of specialized educational agency and the development of educational program. In this vein, they seem to have great interest in NPL investment.