If you have had trouble managing your finances in the past, your credit rating may well have suffered. If you are in need of a loan, you will find that your options are more limited due to this, and that the mainstream lenders may not be able to help. In this case, a specialist loan provider may offer you a poor credit unsecured loan. This is a financial product that incurs high interest rates, due to the fact that you are unable to secure the poor credit unsecured loan against your property. In addition to this, as your credit rating is poor, lenders do not have the guarantee of knowing that you will be able to pay back their money.
Your eligibility for a poor credit unsecured loan may not simply have come from the fact that you have missed payments or had county court judgments (CCJs) filed against you. Your credit rating is determined by how well you can pay back money that you have borrowed. If you have never been in debt, either with your bank, through credit cards or personal loans, loan providers cannot tell whether you pose a risk to them, and therefore your credit rating becomes worse. The alternative to a poor credit unsecured loan would be to secure your property against the loan, or another valuable asset, depending on the size of the amount you wish to borrow. However, you would need to carefully consider whether the risk that comes with putting your house up as security against a loan outweighs the financial inconvenience of a higher rate of interest on a poor credit unsecured loan. We would advise that you speak to a qualified advisor to talk through your options before proceeding.
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