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Secured Loans * Put Your Home's Equity At Work To Cash Out Money - Articles Surfing

My family was desperate to make big changes at home. But, I couldn*t fulfill their desires due to lack of sufficient funds. It was only at that time I got to know about secured loan that gave me a ray of hope and helped me in making my family's small dreams come true.

Secured loans are the loans that require a borrower to put a security against the loan. Your home, car or even a saving account can work as collateral. The loan money you get can be used for any purpose you desire. You can use it to buy your dream car, to finance a luxurious holiday, to make desired improvements in your home or for any personal purpose.

With a secured loan, borrowers get an opportunity to make use of the equity in their property without selling it. Usually, secured loans are offered in a range of *5000 to *75000. Some lenders may grant you a loan of up to 125% of the property value. The amount you can borrow with a secured loan depends on the value of your property, your ability to repay the loan and your personal circumstances. Loan term of a secured loan varies from 5 to 25 years, depending on your credit score and the amount of loan you are looking for.

There are various benefits attached to secured loans. They facilitate borrowers to design their own loan package, you can opt for either a fixed rate secured loan or adjustable rate secured loan. In case of a fixed rate secured loan, the rate of interest is fixed in the beginning and remains the same throughout the loan term.

While, in case of adjustable or flexible rate secured loan, the rate of interest varies with the market rate of interest. If you have fixed monthly income or a salaried individual, fixed rate secured loan is appropriate for you. But in case, you don*t have a regular source of income or are self employed, a flexible rate secured loan will be perfect for you helping you grab the benefits of falling interest rate.

Lenders use credit check tool to find out the creditworthiness of the borrower and whether he will be able to pay the monthly installments and the loan amount or not. Knowledge of credit score will help you in negotiating with the lenders and will land you in a pool of great loan deals. If you don*t know your credit score, get it evaluated from any of the credit rating agencies but make sure that the agency is registered and is genuine. For your reference you can get your credit report from renowned credit rating agencies namely * Equifax, Experain and Transunion.

Only a few years back bad credit was considered to be a blot on individual's credit report. But, with the changing time and growing cases of bankruptcy and defaults, lenders have accepted the fact that majority of the people fall into the bad credit trap with none of their own mistake. Keeping all this into consideration, lenders in the UK also offer secured loan to people with bad credit, reasons behind it could be a default, arrears or bankruptcy.

You can also use the loan money to consolidate all your existing debts and can make them manageable with one lower monthly payment to pay each month and can get rid of all the hassles involved in dealing with number of lenders and answering their harassing calls. This can also help you in improving your credit score.

Secured loans can help you in accessing the needed funds by putting your home's equity at work. When you start searching for the secured loan, shop around! Don*t take the very first option you get. Collect loan quotes from number of lenders and compare them, this will help you in getting the best secured loan deal that perfectly suits to your needs and expectations.

Submitted by:

Natasha Anderson

Natasha Anderson understands the need for good quality loan advice. Her articles endeavor to provide you the wise counsel in the most elementary way for the benefit of the readers. She hopes that this will help them to locate the loan that beseems their expectations. She works for the UK secured loan web site UK finance world. To find a Secured or unsecured loan that best suits your needs visit http://www.ukfinanceworld.co.uk.

natasha@ukfinanceworld.co.uk



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