Secured Loans Or Non-Secured Loans?

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Giving loans is one of the oldest businesses in the history of mankind. Giving loan is a simple process where one person lends money to another person and in return the other person can pay this money back after some duration with some additional money as interest. In current times, the concept of loans is still the same but the terms and conditions make it a very complex process.

Basically, there are two types of loans available in market today. One is called secured loan and the other is called unsecured loan or non-secured loan. Secured loan is something in which the lender is assured to getting his money back since he keeps some asset of the borrower as collateral. This asset can be his home, car, jewelry or any other tangible and precious thing.

This kind of loan is easier to get since the lender is at lower risk of loosing his money. Secured loans are relatively cheaper due to these reasons as well. That is another reason these loans are popular among people having bad credit history.

The second kind of loan is called unsecured loan or non-secured loan. In unsecured loans, the lender gives money to the borrower purely based on his past financial history. This is also called credit history. There is no concept of collateral involved in this kind of loan. Since these loans are relatively riskier for the lenders, the rate of interest is higher. If the credit history of the borrower is good enough, he may get a better deal. For a person having a bad credit record, the rate of interests can be very high.

The type of loan which should be applied would depend upon the credit history and the need of the borrower. The borrower should always try to get an unsecured loan first since it does not involve putting in the collateral. In case the credit history of the borrower is no very good then he can opt to apply for a secured loan.

The author is an expert on loans and writes articles on different types of loans including secured loans and non secured loans.

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Comments on Secured Loans Or Non-Secured Loans?

November 25, 2010

Mis-sold Mortgage @ 3:23 am #

From experience in the UK, mortgage misselling can range from the broker having ‘too close’ ties with a solicitor and selling a property that floods all the time but not mentioning this to the surveyor or buyer (as we have read in the broadsheets recently).

However, the FSA has limitations on what it can class as a mis sold mortgage and hence what it can payout on with its compensation pot.

As a company dealing with this kind of thing we have seen cases where hidden secured loans have been attached to the mortgage without any notification and the payments have stacked up over a long period of time and ruined the credit history of these poor victims.

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December 3, 2010

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December 5, 2010

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December 17, 2010

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January 5, 2011

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January 6, 2011

SilverTree @ 5:57 am #

In Texas you can stiff lenders on non secured loans. Run that credit card up and stiff the greedheads! They can't do anything to you other than call whatever number they have on file and send you letters. The credit score algorithm is super secret, so screw them! My vehicles are paid for and the only loan I have is on a mortgage, a 30 years fixed rate (6.125 %) conventional loan that I actually qualified for. I am a federal employee (USPS) and a veteran so I'm not going anywhere. I have one credit card that is paid off with my credit union.Credit unions rock! They don't have ATMs on every street corner and gas station, but that is a good thing.

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