Exploring Loan Data from Prosper

By Kevin Vo


Based on Prosper website: Prosper is America’s first marketplace lending platform, with over $7 billion in funded loans. Prosper allows people to invest in each other in a way that is financially and socially rewarding. On Prosper, borrowers list loan requests between $2,000 and $35,000 and individual investors invest as little as $25 in each loan listing they select. Prosper handles the servicing of the loan on behalf of the matched borrowers and investors.

Data Set contains information about Prosper loans:

loan %>% dim
## [1] 113937     81
  • There are 113937 different loans which are categorized with 82 different variables.
loan %>% str
## 'data.frame':    113937 obs. of  81 variables:
##  $ ListingKey                         : Factor w/ 113066 levels "00003546482094282EF90E5",..: 7180 7193 6647 6669 6686 6689 6699 6706 6687 6687 ...
##  $ ListingNumber                      : int  193129 1209647 81716 658116 909464 1074836 750899 768193 1023355 1023355 ...
##  $ ListingCreationDate                : Factor w/ 113064 levels "2005-11-09 20:44:28.847000000",..: 14184 111894 6429 64760 85967 100310 72556 74019 97834 97834 ...
##  $ CreditGrade                        : Factor w/ 9 levels "","A","AA","B",..: 5 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ Term                               : int  36 36 36 36 36 60 36 36 36 36 ...
##  $ LoanStatus                         : Factor w/ 12 levels "Cancelled","Chargedoff",..: 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ...
##  $ ClosedDate                         : Factor w/ 2803 levels "","2005-11-25 00:00:00",..: 1138 1 1263 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ BorrowerAPR                        : num  0.165 0.12 0.283 0.125 0.246 ...
##  $ BorrowerRate                       : num  0.158 0.092 0.275 0.0974 0.2085 ...
##  $ LenderYield                        : num  0.138 0.082 0.24 0.0874 0.1985 ...
##  $ EstimatedEffectiveYield            : num  NA 0.0796 NA 0.0849 0.1832 ...
##  $ EstimatedLoss                      : num  NA 0.0249 NA 0.0249 0.0925 ...
##  $ EstimatedReturn                    : num  NA 0.0547 NA 0.06 0.0907 ...
##  $ ProsperRating..numeric.            : int  NA 6 NA 6 3 5 2 4 7 7 ...
##  $ ProsperRating..Alpha.              : Factor w/ 8 levels "","A","AA","B",..: 1 2 1 2 6 4 7 5 3 3 ...
##  $ ProsperScore                       : num  NA 7 NA 9 4 10 2 4 9 11 ...
##  $ ListingCategory..numeric.          : int  0 2 0 16 2 1 1 2 7 7 ...
##  $ BorrowerState                      : Factor w/ 52 levels "","AK","AL","AR",..: 7 7 12 12 25 34 18 6 16 16 ...
##  $ Occupation                         : Factor w/ 68 levels "","Accountant/CPA",..: 37 43 37 52 21 43 50 29 24 24 ...
##  $ EmploymentStatus                   : Factor w/ 9 levels "","Employed",..: 9 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
##  $ EmploymentStatusDuration           : int  2 44 NA 113 44 82 172 103 269 269 ...
##  $ IsBorrowerHomeowner                : Factor w/ 2 levels "False","True": 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 ...
##  $ CurrentlyInGroup                   : Factor w/ 2 levels "False","True": 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ GroupKey                           : Factor w/ 707 levels "","00343376901312423168731",..: 1 1 335 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ DateCreditPulled                   : Factor w/ 112992 levels "2005-11-09 00:30:04.487000000",..: 14347 111883 6446 64724 85857 100382 72500 73937 97888 97888 ...
##  $ CreditScoreRangeLower              : int  640 680 480 800 680 740 680 700 820 820 ...
##  $ CreditScoreRangeUpper              : int  659 699 499 819 699 759 699 719 839 839 ...
##  $ FirstRecordedCreditLine            : Factor w/ 11586 levels "","1947-08-24 00:00:00",..: 8639 6617 8927 2247 9498 497 8265 7685 5543 5543 ...
##  $ CurrentCreditLines                 : int  5 14 NA 5 19 21 10 6 17 17 ...
##  $ OpenCreditLines                    : int  4 14 NA 5 19 17 7 6 16 16 ...
##  $ TotalCreditLinespast7years         : int  12 29 3 29 49 49 20 10 32 32 ...
##  $ OpenRevolvingAccounts              : int  1 13 0 7 6 13 6 5 12 12 ...
##  $ OpenRevolvingMonthlyPayment        : num  24 389 0 115 220 1410 214 101 219 219 ...
##  $ InquiriesLast6Months               : int  3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 ...
##  $ TotalInquiries                     : num  3 5 1 1 9 2 0 16 6 6 ...
##  $ CurrentDelinquencies               : int  2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ AmountDelinquent                   : num  472 0 NA 10056 0 ...
##  $ DelinquenciesLast7Years            : int  4 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ PublicRecordsLast10Years           : int  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ...
##  $ PublicRecordsLast12Months          : int  0 0 NA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ RevolvingCreditBalance             : num  0 3989 NA 1444 6193 ...
##  $ BankcardUtilization                : num  0 0.21 NA 0.04 0.81 0.39 0.72 0.13 0.11 0.11 ...
##  $ AvailableBankcardCredit            : num  1500 10266 NA 30754 695 ...
##  $ TotalTrades                        : num  11 29 NA 26 39 47 16 10 29 29 ...
##  $ TradesNeverDelinquent..percentage. : num  0.81 1 NA 0.76 0.95 1 0.68 0.8 1 1 ...
##  $ TradesOpenedLast6Months            : num  0 2 NA 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 ...
##  $ DebtToIncomeRatio                  : num  0.17 0.18 0.06 0.15 0.26 0.36 0.27 0.24 0.25 0.25 ...
##  $ IncomeRange                        : Factor w/ 8 levels "$0","$1-24,999",..: 4 5 7 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 ...
##  $ IncomeVerifiable                   : Factor w/ 2 levels "False","True": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
##  $ StatedMonthlyIncome                : num  3083 6125 2083 2875 9583 ...
##  $ LoanKey                            : Factor w/ 113066 levels "00003683605746079487FF7",..: 100337 69837 46303 70776 71387 86505 91250 5425 908 908 ...
##  $ TotalProsperLoans                  : int  NA NA NA NA 1 NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ TotalProsperPaymentsBilled         : int  NA NA NA NA 11 NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ OnTimeProsperPayments              : int  NA NA NA NA 11 NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ ProsperPaymentsLessThanOneMonthLate: int  NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ ProsperPaymentsOneMonthPlusLate    : int  NA NA NA NA 0 NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ ProsperPrincipalBorrowed           : num  NA NA NA NA 11000 NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ ProsperPrincipalOutstanding        : num  NA NA NA NA 9948 ...
##  $ ScorexChangeAtTimeOfListing        : int  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ LoanCurrentDaysDelinquent          : int  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ LoanFirstDefaultedCycleNumber      : int  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ LoanMonthsSinceOrigination         : int  78 0 86 16 6 3 11 10 3 3 ...
##  $ LoanNumber                         : int  19141 134815 6466 77296 102670 123257 88353 90051 121268 121268 ...
##  $ LoanOriginalAmount                 : int  9425 10000 3001 10000 15000 15000 3000 10000 10000 10000 ...
##  $ LoanOriginationDate                : Factor w/ 1873 levels "2005-11-15 00:00:00",..: 426 1866 260 1535 1757 1821 1649 1666 1813 1813 ...
##  $ LoanOriginationQuarter             : Factor w/ 33 levels "Q1 2006","Q1 2007",..: 18 8 2 32 24 33 16 16 33 33 ...
##  $ MemberKey                          : Factor w/ 90831 levels "00003397697413387CAF966",..: 11071 10302 33781 54939 19465 48037 60448 40951 26129 26129 ...
##  $ MonthlyLoanPayment                 : num  330 319 123 321 564 ...
##  $ LP_CustomerPayments                : num  11396 0 4187 5143 2820 ...
##  $ LP_CustomerPrincipalPayments       : num  9425 0 3001 4091 1563 ...
##  $ LP_InterestandFees                 : num  1971 0 1186 1052 1257 ...
##  $ LP_ServiceFees                     : num  -133.2 0 -24.2 -108 -60.3 ...
##  $ LP_CollectionFees                  : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ LP_GrossPrincipalLoss              : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ LP_NetPrincipalLoss                : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ LP_NonPrincipalRecoverypayments    : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ PercentFunded                      : num  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ Recommendations                    : int  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ InvestmentFromFriendsCount         : int  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ InvestmentFromFriendsAmount        : num  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
##  $ Investors                          : int  258 1 41 158 20 1 1 1 1 1 ...

Univariate Plots Section

1. Original Loan:

  • LoanOriginalAmount:

Back

loan $LoanOriginalAmount %>% summary
##    Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max. 
##    1000    4000    6500    8337   12000   35000
  • Loan Origination Quarter:

## .
## Q1 2006 Q1 2007 Q1 2008 Q1 2010 Q1 2011 Q1 2012 Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2006 
##     315    3079    3074    1243    1744    4435    3616   12172    1254 
## Q2 2007 Q2 2008 Q2 2009 Q2 2010 Q2 2011 Q2 2012 Q2 2013 Q3 2006 Q3 2007 
##    3118    4344      13    1539    2478    5061    7099    1934    2671 
## Q3 2008 Q3 2009 Q3 2010 Q3 2011 Q3 2012 Q3 2013 Q4 2005 Q4 2006 Q4 2007 
##    3602     585    1270    3093    5632    9180      22    2403    2592 
## Q4 2008 Q4 2009 Q4 2010 Q4 2011 Q4 2012 Q4 2013 
##     532    1449    1600    3913    4425   14450