what are the negative remifications of a debt consolidation loan?
Mar 29, 2009 in
Personal Finance
cosi
i want to consolidate my debt but am concerned with how negatively its affects are on my credit. can i pay on a consolidated debt at a significantly lower interest rate than now(im averaging +20%!)? if so, will that outweigh the side-effects?
i want to consolidate my debt but am concerned with how negatively its affects are on my credit. can i pay on a consolidated debt at a significantly lower interest rate than now(im averaging +20%!)? if so, will that outweigh the side-effects?
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2 comments
rufi on April 1, 2009 at 2:21 pm
it will still show as a bankruptcy on your credit.
a58392 on April 4, 2009 at 1:11 pm
It depends on how bad you are now.
Consolidating means creating a whole new loan for a longer period of time. This would hopefully lower your payments enough so you can get back on track, in this case it might SAVE your credit score.
A credit counselor will give you some tools and suggestions for reducing your payments, just keep an eye on what the % are, you want it to be lower than what you pay now.
However, debt consolidation can be nothing more than a way of putting off the evitable. It really does little to correct the problem. That’s why many people come back to debt negotiation as a way of getting out of their financial problems and starting fresh start.
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