Is my daughter's equity safe ? She is a single mum with young children on benefits.

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Bruce.96

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Post by Bruce.96 » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:26 am
Daughter owes £20k between 5 lenders.
It's been suggested by an IVA handling broker, that £7k might be acceptable to settle.
A relative may be able to find the £7k, but need to be confident about house equity.
£120k is owed on house, it is possibly worth £160k ( maybe less on a forced sale?)
She is a single mum with young child and on benefits.
Is her equity safe?????
 
 

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Post by ilikewatch » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:08 am
I'm no expert, but I don't see why lenders would agree to receive approx 33p/£ when there's enough equity that bankruptcy would give them 100% of their money back?

Under the circumstances wouldn't a remortgage enable full repayment without permanently trashing your daughters credit file?
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Post by Foggy » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:25 am
I would discuss the feasibility of a one off settlement with a few firms direct to canvass opinion.

It is possible to make an offer which excludes the equity, but, as mentioned above that particular cherry might be too tempting. That said, if the debt is evenly spread, each lender might not feel it's worth their while to recover around £4k.
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