These days the creditors expect you to try and release any equity in your property. If it was excluded, they may well add an equity release clause as a modification.
No, the creditors will want as much money back as possible, and will want you to release some of your equity to achieve that.
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It seems to be a standard clause now....releasing equity wasn't in our original proposal but as Skippy says, it was a modification that we had to agree to.
Sharing from experiences of dealing with debt
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley. http://kallis3.blogs.iva.co.uk
If you could pay back 100p in the pound without it then I suppose you could ask for it not to be included but theres not many that can offer a full return to creditors,or an acceptable return without using equity or a 6th year of payments.
Discharged today the 8th feb 2012. View is much brighter now.
Continuing to rebuild our credit worthiness.