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What are the best 84 month rates people have seen without being in the military or going through a special work-only CU??? In my area it's not overly feasible to pay off a home and pay cash for a truck so ...a loan it is! Looking around the best I have seen is Nationwide bank at 2.99 for 84 mo. I know the slightly better rates aren't a huge difference in monthly payments but I prefer to keep most of my money in my pocket and not give it away for no reason. Maybe we can all benefit from finding a good deal!
I got pre-approved. Only took 5 minutes applying. Rates have gone up a tad since I got my loan, and it looks like 2.99% is close to as good as it comes.
I went in to my dealer with a pre-approval from one of my banks for 2.5% for 5 years. They got me 2.24% for 5. I know that was not directly your question, but if you go in prepared good dealers may have access to different local banks and credit unions.
Did they verify your pre-approval or just take your word for it? Just curious cuz I know dealerships frequently have extra wiggle room with rates due to the high volume of loans with each lender.
They didn't verify. The truck I purchased was three hours away, so all this was via text. Once we found the truck I liked, he asked for my information to get financing started. I told him I had my own, to which he asked what my rate was so they could hopefully beat it. Once I told him he said their finance department said "congrats" and that was it. If you have good credit, you will get the 3% from nationwide. I would tell your dealer that is your rate, and ask if they can beat it (tell them your credit score) They should be able to give you a pretty definitive answer without running a credit check.
On December 3rd we locked in 2.99% for 84 months from our credit union. If we had waited to get approved until we took delivery yesterday we would have ended up with 3.14% for 84 months from our credit union. Our dealer was not able to beat our credit union's rates.
I am getting 2.85% for 84 months with my credit union. They are offering 1.24% if I do 60 months. It of course is based off a credit rating that is above 730 which I am sitting above 800.