What are Personal Loans?
By John Mussi
As the term implies, Personal loans are simply loans for any personal use.
They're known as personal loans because the money is for personal use, such
as buying a car or home improvements. Most lenders do not stipulate what you
can spend your personal loan on, generally allowing for any purpose.
A Personal Loan is a method of borrowing a lump sum of money from a bank,
building society or other financial institution to finance the buying of a
new car, make home improvements or go on a luxury holiday.
Personal loans have become a popular way of raising much-needed funds for
personal use Personal loan amounts vary from between £500 to £25,000.
Normally, you'll receive a lump sum.
In return, you agree to make regular repayments, usually monthly. Assuming
you've taken out a repayment loan, which will usually be the case, some of
the money you repay will go towards servicing the loan and the rest of your
payment will be used to pay off capital and reduce the outstanding debt.
Personal loans are repayable on a monthly basis at a fixed rate of interest.
Generally personal loans are offered by banks, financial institutions or
building societies and are available in a variety of formats with variations
in size, term and purpose of the loan. It is important to know the APR
(Annual Percentage Rate) of the lenders so that you can do a comparison
search to get the best rate of interest.
Interest rates will vary. It is also worth bearing in mind that some lenders
are only interested in lending to people whom they regard as a 'safe risk'
and they will be offered lower interest rates.
A personal loan could be the best option for you if you are looking to
borrowing money for between one and five years and is particularly ideal if
you have other debts that you're looking to consolidate into one loan to
reduce your overall monthly payments.
There are two basic types of personal loan, the secured and the unsecured.
With an unsecured personal loan you will normally make payments on a regular
basis to the lender who, if you should default on the payments, would have
to take legal action to obtain the outstanding money.
With a secured personal loan, the lender will ask for the amount that you
borrow to be 'secured' against a piece of your property, very often your
home, which would become the property of the lender in the case of default.
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About The Author
John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find
the best available loans via the http://www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.
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