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Debt on our Doorsteps
- Loans For Bad Credit
- If you've got a poor credit history, can you borrow and if so how much ? This article explains.
- Adverse Credit. When is a credit history described as adverse
- When do have an adverse credit rating? The situation is far from clear but this article sheds light.
- Adverse Credit. When is a credit history described as adverse
- When do have an adverse credit rating? The situation is far from clear but this article sheds light.
- Personal Loans – do your research before signing up
- This article discusses the importance of doing your research before signing up for a personal loan.
Loans. Loan Sharks - who and what?
Author: Michael Challiner
People who are refused credit from banks and credit cards often find (mortgage quotes)
themselves with nowhere to turn and easily fall victim to loan sharks as getting the money is usually immediate - but the interest may just put you back in square one.
The average interest rate from a loan shark is 177% per year and regardless of the borrowers circumstances. These interests are nothing short of criminal.
Loan sharks specialise in providing credit to people who the mainline lenders have turned away due to various reasons such as poor credit history, outstanding debts, no security deposit and/or assets.
However, no matter how desperate you are it is important to remember that loan sharks are often unlicensed lenders who operate illegally and away from any sort of ( life assurance ) regulation that governs the financial industry. Worst of all, the borrower is not protected by any form of contract or terms and conditions. (mortgages)
Repayments are collected weekly or fortnightly on the doorstep from the customers homes. If you fail to meet repayments or agree to their demands they will often use intimidation and threats of violence to extort large sums of money from you.
According to the Competition Commission, there are still doorstep loan life insurance sharks patrolling estates and charging up to 1,000% interest per year for loans.
But at last the Competition Commission plans to ease the crisis already felt by borrowers by planning to force the so-called home credit industry to clean up its act.
The Competition Commission is proposing to force the lenders to clearly spell out for their clients what the money or credit really costs them. And if lenders dont ( personal secured loans ) introduce more reasonable interest rates, the Commission is planning to set a maximum rate to be enforced by law.
Their hope is that faced with the threat of the law, the industry will act reasonably and quickly. (life insurance)
The home credit industry is dominated by five large companies such as Provident Financial. But there are thought to be around 500 other lenders in the market.
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