"Agreed in Principle" ?? What does it mean

andipandi1979 · 25 March 2009 at 1:21PM

I have recently applied for a loan with the bank and it has been agreed in principle, and I am now awaiting a decision from the underwriter, what does all this mean.

Also, prior to this loan from the bank I went for finance with a car garage for a new vehicle and it was delcined with black horse, they then decided to take it upon themselves to do more searches without my consent, can these be deleted as i am trying to keep my file quite clean since clearing old debts and defaults within the last 2 years

Please help, i desperatly need this loan for a car xxxx :money:

Rafter · 25 March 2009 at 3:08PM

It means that based on the information you have provided so far you application looks ok, but if you have a poor credit history and the detailed seach fails their scorecard that you could still be declined.

You probably consented to additional searches when you did the black horse application, so getting them deleted will be tough. However, searches don't count against you too much.

R.

~Brock~ · 25 March 2009 at 5:45PM

I probably means that you have been accepted based upon what you have told them, but will be subject to proofs of (for example) income, employment, identification etc.

Rossa_3 · 25 March 2009 at 11:25PM

The underwriter's job is to assess the risk that you might default on the loan. So even if you get a decision in principle that will only have been based on your bank account profile, income, how long you've lived at your current address, are you on the electoral roll etc. The underwriter will check your credit file and based on the history of your bad debts, may accept your application, accept with a higher rate of interest because of your credit history or decline.

I'm sorry to say that if you've had a number of searches that can say to some underwriters that you have obviously been declined elsewhere and are desparate to get credit. Saying that it does take some time for all the searches to show up as your records are usually only updated once a month at the agencies such as Experian so in the short term you may be lucky.

Hope you get the deal.

Innocent_Guy · 29 March 2009 at 8:54AM

Rossa wrote: »

The underwriter's job is to assess the risk that you might default on the loan. So even if you get a decision in principle that will only have been based on your bank account profile, income, how long you've lived at your current address, are you on the electoral roll etc. The underwriter will check your credit file and based on the history of your bad debts, may accept your application, accept with a higher rate of interest because of your credit history or decline.

I'm sorry to say that if you've had a number of searches that can say to some underwriters that you have obviously been declined elsewhere and are desparate to get credit. Saying that it does take some time for all the searches to show up as your records are usually only updated once a month at the agencies such as Experian so in the short term you may be lucky.

Hope you get the deal.

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"Agreed in Principle" ?? What does it mean

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