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Hi everyone

Need some advice on behalf of a friend please.

Friend is presently in a DMP (2 years now) with debts owing at £8k. She owns her own home, equity approx £50k. Her car is falling apart and is costing too much to keep on the road. What is the situation regarding her being able to take out a secured/unsecured loan to pay the debts off and purchase a better car?

Thanks in advance

Sue

Ho Hum! Think I'll bang my drum!

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Would have thought a remortgage might work. She would need to see a motgage adviser who could get the possible rate of interest.

However, whilst a few weeks ago I would have jumped on this advice with the turbulence going on in the financial markets because of poor lending bt banks and building societies I would have to dappen down my advice. Worth a go though!

Re-mortgage or secured loan. The former is likely to have a cheaper interest rate, but a secured loan could be a quicker way forward. Just make sure that he/she can afford to make the increased payments, and leave a little contingency aside for when interest rates undoubtedly rise again. (Probably after the next General Election now!)

Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.

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