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Secured loans popular method of debt consolidation - 25/04/2008
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Opting for a secured loan as a method for debt consolidation is now fast becoming an increasingly growing trend, amid many UK households of late.
Research has shown that the secured loan significantly reduces the Consumer's ability to acquire further debt. It also shrinks the interest paid on outstanding debts and effectively consolidates all of the debt into one payment.
It is also thought that this method encourages posive habits within the mind of the consumer. So the consumer actually makes an attempt to pay down their loans.
In addition the consumer takes control of their spending habits, eliminating all possibilities for further debt. Although one of the conditions of a secured loan is to place security with the Creditor such as a home for instance, the secured loan does not increase the risk of losing that home.
The secured loans themselves are set at an interest rate which can be as much as 20% lower than the interest rate charged for an unsecured loan.
It has been suggested that the change in the law has now made the unsecured loan the less attractive option as a form of debt consolidation. This also includes the unsecured loan being used as a component of some kind of debt management programme.
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