What is a Bad Credit Loan?

Written by John Mussi


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With a Bad Credit loan you can borrow from £5,000 to £75,000 and up to 125% of your property value in some cases. Bad Credit loans secured on property can be repaid over a period of between 5 years and 25 years.

A Bad Credit loan can be used for any purpose such as; home improvements like a new kitchen or bathroom, that once-in-a-lifetime holiday, a dream car or repaying debts to reduce your monthly outgoings to a more manageable amount.

Bad Credit loans rates are variable, depending on status. Generally speaking if a loan is to be given to a bad creditrepparttar interest rate will be higher and an up front fee may also be charged. Monthly repayments will depend onrepparttar 143468 amount borrowed term.

Some lenders specialise in adverse credit because they can charge high fees and a higher interest rate than normal and ifrepparttar 143469 borrower is now in a good financial positionrepparttar 143470 risk rating ofrepparttar 143471 loan may be as good as someone who has no record of defaults.

However most banks and financial institutions will turn down a loan application if there is a history of bad payment or insist that it is secured on a property.

You may freely reprint this article providedrepparttar 143472 author's biography remains intact:

John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find the best available loans via the www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.


Car insurance gearing up to drive down costs

Written by Richard Green


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For low mileage users, this system could present significant reductions in premiums, for higher mileage drivers searching about forrepparttar best deals at renewal time is an absolute must. Unfortunately, last year five million motorists failed to shop around, missing out on an average premium saving of £180. Shopping around becomes especially important for anyone coming torepparttar 143467 end of a free insurance offer on a dealership car and should not simply takerepparttar 143468 quote offered byrepparttar 143469 manufacturer's insurer, as significant savings can be made by shopping around. Comparisons sites such as Moneynet ( http://moneynet.co.uk )enable consumers to quickly look at hundreds of insurance providers in one go, making it easy to findrepparttar 143470 best deals that are available, and they often have their own extra discounts which are provided through their own sites.



Richard works in Edinburgh for a media company, occasionally writing for the personal finance blog Cashzilla ( http://cashzilla.blogspot.com/ ), and drinking too much coffee.


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