Summary

Graduates may not be aware that their student loan debts do not show up on their credit records. The lenders are trying to change this fact, but to no avail ( car insurance quotes ) at the moment. This article looks at the situation in detail.

Personal Finance. Credit records do not show student loan debts

Author: Anna Richardson (life insurance advisers)

allowed access to student loan debt information. It can be difficult for people to get credit when they already have a lot of debt, and with good reason you could say, however, cash strapped graduates who have managed to finally get a decent job dont have to worry about their student loan debt holding them back, at least not for the moment.

Experian, Equifax or Callcredit are the big credit reference agencies that lenders use most to find out about peoples financial histories. They know pretty much everything - when ( cheap mortgages ) you miss payments, when you make payments, when you apply for a credit card or loan, whether it is refused or accepted - you name it, they know it. They also glean more information from public records such as the electoral role and the public register of court actions. Using the wealth of information available to them, they analyse your suitability as a borrower and provide the lender with all the data needed so they can decide whether to lend to you, and how much they are prepared to lend. So, the credit industry is understandably unhappy about being kept out of the loop on student debt. (remortgages)

The industry has appealed to the government to change the rules, but the government is not planning to make any changes because as far as it is concerned, the ( remortgages ) students owe the taxpayer, not a commercial business, so the credit agencies have no right to the information.

When the student loan system was first introduced, the repayment system was like a mortgage - once the graduate was earning the national average, they would start making monthly direct debit payments until the debt was paid off. The average debt was around £2,750, and as many as 59,000 of those graduates have still yet to commence repayments.

The student loan system changed in autumn 1998, the difference being ( motor insurance ) that instead of taking the money from graduates bank accounts via direct debit, the money is taken straight out of their wages. It leaves the pay packet at the same as time as the tax and N.I. This method has gone a lot more smoothly when it comes to getting the repayments, and still continues today. (remortgages)

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