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Two Weeks of Increases in Car Values

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Added by Black Book on April 3, 2018 at 9:30am — No Comments

BLACK BOOK & FITCH RELEASE 2018 JOINT VEHICLE DEPRECIATION REPORT

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today its latest joint vehicle depreciation report with Fitch. Black Book forecasts an annual depreciation rate of 17% in 2018 as the supply of used cars and trucks increases, up from a lower-than-expected 13.2% experienced in 2017 due to strong sales activity stemming from hurricanes last fall. The latest joint vehicle depreciation report can…

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Added by Black Book on April 2, 2018 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Strongest Week for Used Cars in Two Years

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Added by Black Book on March 27, 2018 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Spring Time Auction Sales Performing Well

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Added by Black Book on February 27, 2018 at 2:19pm — No Comments

New Black Book White Paper Shows How To Better Analyze Risk To Enable Growth Opportunities For Subprime & Deep Subprime Lenders

Collateral Data & Insights Help Identify Where Pockets of Growth Potential Exist to Maximize Competitive Landscape 

 

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today a new educational white paper focused on subprime and deep subprime auto lenders: Subprime & Deep Subprime: How To Remain Competitive and Profitable Despite Growing Risk.…

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Added by Black Book on February 21, 2018 at 4:35pm — No Comments

Mainstream Car Segments Holding Prices

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Added by Black Book on February 20, 2018 at 11:29am — No Comments

Car Segments Performing Well

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This week’s Black Book Market Insights report shows the early stages of the spring selling season, with cars holding retention better than trucks. The report also showcases the latest Black Book…

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Added by Black Book on February 13, 2018 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Black Book January Depreciation Report Shows Vehicle Retention Strengthening To Signal an Early Start to the Spring Selling Season

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2012-2016 depreciated in value by -2.6% during January, slightly lower than the -2.9% shown the previous month. Cars overall dropped -3.0% and trucks decreased -2.3% in value during January. All vehicles are averaging a 12-month depreciation of -14.5%.

Luxury Cars showed the highest depreciation in January at -3.6%. Vehicles in the Luxury Car segment include the Mercedes Benz E-Class, BMW 5 Series,…

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Added by Black Book on February 13, 2018 at 10:58am — No Comments

Best Week YTD For Car Segments in Value Retention

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Added by Black Book on February 6, 2018 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Market Holding Better on Values, Especially SUVs

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Added by Black Book on January 30, 2018 at 10:01am — No Comments

Depreciation Ticks Up on Cars

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Added by Black Book on January 26, 2018 at 3:59pm — No Comments

BLACK BOOK VEHICLE VALUATION DATA NOW INTEGRATED INTO AUTOSOFT’S DMS

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today it has signed a partnership agreement with Autosoft, Inc., a leading national dealer management system (DMS) provider. Under the agreement, Black Book will integrate its vehicle valuation data into Autosoft’s DMS offering for dealers around the…

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Added by Black Book on January 26, 2018 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Market Decline Continues in the New Year

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Added by Black Book on January 10, 2018 at 10:58am — No Comments

BLACK BOOK UNVEILS HISTORY-ADJUSTED VEHICLE VALUES FOR AUTO PROFESSIONALS

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, announced today its most precise valuation yet, VIN-specific History-Adjusted Valuations, an analytics-driven process for determining the impact a vehicle’s history has on its value.…
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Added by Black Book on January 9, 2018 at 12:10pm — No Comments

BLACK BOOK USED VEHICLE RETENTION INDEX FINISHES DECEMBER ON A SLIGHTLY WEAKER NOTE

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, released its Used Vehicle Retention Index for December, with the Index falling -0.7% from 115.0 to 114.1 last month, its first decline in the last four months dating back to August.…
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Added by Black Book on January 8, 2018 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Record Decline for Car Segment

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Added by Black Book on January 3, 2018 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Record Decline for Truck Segment

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Added by Black Book on December 26, 2017 at 1:34pm — No Comments

2017 Automotive in Review Data

According to Black Book, during the three-month period between July-September, 2009, when roughly…

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Added by Black Book on December 14, 2017 at 3:33pm — No Comments

Broad Market Declines Across Segments

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Added by Black Book on December 12, 2017 at 3:41pm — No Comments

BLACK BOOK DATA SHOWS VEHICLE VALUES FALLING SLIGHTLY ENTERING DECEMBER

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2012-2016 depreciated in value by -2.2%. Cars overall dropped -2.6% and trucks decreased -1.8% in value during November. All vehicles are averaging a 12-month depreciation of -13.2%.
Small Pickups were the only vehicle category to increase in value during November, increasing in value by…
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Added by Black Book on December 12, 2017 at 3:40pm — No Comments

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