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Archives for November 2005

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Large business loan advise needed. Can anyone advise me on the best place to go looking for a large loan for business equipment. I need $40,000 and if possible would like perhaps a 6 month no interest period or no pay period with the potential to pay back £20,000 in a lump sum after 1 year and the remaining amount fully…
Restrict getting Credit at an address.
Hi. Not sure which forum is best to post my thread on so will put it on this one and see the results that i get. I am thinking of getting in a tenant on the property i live in. Can anyone advise how i can stop and make sure that this tenant does not apply for credit cards, loans etc under my address and then just do a…
Consolidation loan
I took out a loan with a large well known company, having filled in all the forms the loan was agreed & paid into my bank account, I paid off my cards etc and put the leftovers in an isa ready for the next disaster. The repayments were supposed to go out on a set date every month. The first month passed and nothing…
Getting a loan with a bad credit rating...
Can anyone please suggest a good loan company that would offer me a short term loan. As mentioned in a previous thread - I defaulted on a card, for which I am paying off now. I have no CCJ's but know I will have a bad credit rating. I need a loan for roughly £5000, so I can a) pay off all my existing cards and debt b) pay…
Possible way out of second charge!
Just though I would share an experience with you that could help. Even if one person benefits all the better! I won't go into the background, but the short and curlies were that I had a 66k mortage with IF and a 43k loan with EPF. I wanted to put both together to save money etc. Anyway, two problems 1) not many people…
loan calculation
Hi. Could anyone help with a loan repayment calculation? If I borrow £5500.00 at an APR of 10.5% (divided by 13 translates to a monthly figure of 0.8%) I calculated the interest per month at 0.8% on the outstanding balance. Therefore 73 monthly payments of £100 clears the loan. However when I put the figures through a loan…
loan to pay divorce solicitor
Please can anyone tell me which might be the best loan for me to get to pay my solicitor's fees. I need about ten thousand pounds......for over a period of up to one year. thanx
Loan advice
I have a loan to pay off my daughter's debt (she has a bad credit history) with a well known bank at the rate of 5.5% over a period of 3 years. If I applied for an AMEX or other such card with a low rate of interest for the life of the card just to pay this loan, could I just transfer the balance of the loan from the bank…
Loan Advise Please
Hi I have some debt at the moment, Eggmoney Card - £1000 @ 14.9% Marks & Spencer - £2900 @ 0% till Jan 06 Intellegence Finance - £700 @ 0% till Jan 06 Barclays Overdraft - £1400 Barclaycard - £400 @ 17.9 % Barclays says im pre approved for a loan to £25 000 @ 7 % I think What would be the best approach to start managing…
The Way To Good Credit Free Download
https://www.192.com You have to request to earn extra credits to find it, any problems I have downloaded it and can email it, too large to put on here as it is over 50 pages long. You have to fill in some info in order to get the free download
Loan qualification help
i'll just get to the point, i'm trying to get a loan done, eveyrbody that processes me say they can't lend to me because i have to mmany inquirys into my credit on my history, i need to get this loan! is there any way to get around it.......
Another PPI Advice please
I took out a 7 year loan about 1.5 years ago from NatWest which included PPI. Is there anyway I can cancel the PPI and still carry on paying my regular payments hence pay the loan off earlier. Any advice greatly appreciated.
Do I change my loan?
How on earth do I decide to change my veryexpensive loan from Nat west?I am new to the site and have just found out that the interest is 15.6%.Thats's just as expensive as my credit card.I am on benifit so was surprised they offered me a loan,now I know why.They say that if I pay it off now I will pay £2,577.59 .I borrowed…
Please help me switching loan.
Hey All, Okay, so I started college about two years ago doing a digital media degree and wasting all my loan money on various forms of rubbish. About halfway through the first year however, I realised that doing digital media and on my course especially, it might be advisable to own an Apple Mac. I began to realise that…
Car Loan Help Needed. Please
Hi all, lets get the basics out of the way, I am 19, have a well paid job as an IT Administrator and have been with my current company for 5 months. I currently have an old petrol car and with the amount of miles I am covering due to work and personal life I cover up to 2000 miles a month. My car I starting to take the…
PPI advice, could be my lucky day
Hi all Strange one this, id appreciate your thought and advice. Popped into my bank today who I have two loans with. My intention was to ask for the interest rate to be lowered. The chap serving me was looking into my account while I was telling him how im in debt and trying to sort myself out. I mentioned that I recently…
loan and hpi help
hi got myself in a bit of trouble money wise through gambling (getting help but thats another issue) now i want to get all my finance soughted i am on about £900 a month pay £200 board and £200 between petrol, car insurance and various other things. so what i want to do is get a loan to cover my dept now i hav a loan for…
Loan vs 0% credit cards
Hello. I'm sure there's loads on this board about the pros and cons of 0% credit cards already. Anyway, I've recently made a big purchase (a car) and assumed that a credit card wouldn't be accepted or that the surcharge would be so hefty as to make a loan the better bet. However, when I checked with the car dealer the…
Can no longer get a loan
Hi there,newbie here :) I have a quick question about credit rating. I have recently applied for a small loan through various companies but no-one will touch me with a barge-pole! My credit score was excellent 4 months ago when I applied for another loan;which I had no trouble getting.My circumstances haven't changed so it…
debts clearing loans?
can i get loan from any where to clear my debts out ? i m working full time and renting property so want to clear out all my debts which is about 2000 any one plz help me out..?

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