Personal Loans – The Affordable Loans in the UK

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• If you need to access some quick funding, then personal loans are a good option. There are a lot of different organisations offering personal loans in the UK, from banks to credit unions. There are also dedicated lenders that focus on short-term instalment loans, and these can be a good option for people who need access to a smaller amount of credit.

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Identifying the Best Possible Option

• When it comes to personal loans, you should try to look for somewhere that offers as low of an interest rate as possible with no penalty for early repayment. Otherwise you could end up in a situation where you are paying a fortune to borrow a small amount of money. Make sure that the loan is unsecured (so that if anything does go wrong and you are unable to repay it, you are not at risk of losing your home), and that you can afford the repayments in the long term.

Avoiding The Payday Loan Trap• If you have fallen into the Payday Loan trap, then you

might want to look at consolidating your debts into one bigger personal loan that you repay over a period of years. If you do this, be sure to stop taking out personal loans after that. Draw a line under your borrowing, work out a budget, and aim to spend a lot less in the long term.

• For more on the ‘payday loan trap’ please check out the following Telegraph article and video - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/money-saving-tips/9273169/Payday-loans-trapping-consumers-in-a-downward-spiral-of-debt.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4TqNI9rU_s

Repaying Outstanding Debts

• This will help you to ensure that you actually pay off your debts and at the same time fixing your credit record so that you will be in a much better position once everything is paid off. Resist the temptation to borrow more - the lenders will keep offering you additional credit once you clear your short term loans. Consolidation with a personal loan only works if you are disciplined about your borrowing.