Prices for fresh credit card portfolios peaked recently at 8 cents on the dollar, with some even a little higher, a far cry from the 3-3.5 cents on the dollar these same portfolios were commanding in March of 2009, according to debt buying insiders.
Prices for fresh debt in the credit card sector started to rise in the second half of last year, said Mark Russell, director at ARM advisory firm Kaulkin Ginsberg, citing increased demand and a return of some debt buyers to the market as the overall economy strengthened.