Secured loans in the UK are mainly categorised by the fact that they are for homeowners. This means that the person taking out the loan uses their home as collateral. Should you fall into difficulties or are unable to make the repayments on your loan you will sooner or later lose your home. This is why before taking out a secured debt consolidation loan it is vital that you solve the route of your debt problems and make sure that you have budgeted fully and can cover the loan repayments
Due to the fact that you are in effect betting your home on the fact that you can repay any secured loan taken out, you will find it easier to be approved for this type of loan. unsecured loans are more difficult to come by as they provide more risk to the loan company.
Again, due to the decreased risk of the loan company, people looking for secured loans will find that the interest rates they will have to pay will be much cheaper. Unsecured loans will find that they have to pay interest at a higher rate.
The fact that you are a homeowner who is risking their house, you will more often than not find that should you not be able to keep up repayments on your loan you will be given more time to recover from this than unsecured loan holders. This is a rule of thumb but is by no means a guarantee and we advise you wholeheartedly to make 100% sure that you can keep up all loan repayments before you make your application.
This is true. However, due to the much cheaper interest rates available for Secured Loans the extra time it takes to go through is worth the wait.
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