Debt Consolidation

Debt Consolidation  means gathering all your debts together and placing them with one lender. In practice this usually means applying to a new lender for a loan amount big enough to cover all your other debts. The money the new lender allows you, you use to pay off the other loans, some lenders will do this automatically for you.

The advantages of debt consolidation are that you have fewer creditors, have a lower monthly repayment to make, usually a lower interest rate and can usually aim to repay the debt in a shorter time.

Debt consolidation may not be for everyone. You may not want just one creditor or loan source. Some debt consolidation company may charge you an administration or handling fee, which could be quite large, so look carefully for this. Some lenders may refuse loans simply for debt consolidation. Advantages are that at present there are many companies willing to consider debt consolidation loans, they are all competing with each other for your business, so rates should be competitive.

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