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  • RAS
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    doyda wrote: »
    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    halifax one....................5900......130.......24.9
    barclaycard....................4850......111.......14.9
    virgin.........................5900......90........15.9
    car finance....................1750......105.1.....NaN
    car finance....................9000......219.......NaN
    lloyds tsb.....................3750......20........12.9
    virgin.........................3500......60........17.9
    natwest........................500.......11........12.9
    cap one........................500.......20........12.9
    mint...........................4300......30........12.9
    Total unsecured debts..........39950.....796.1.....-

    Monthly Budget Summary
    Total monthly income.................... 2,905.36
    Expenses (including secured debts)....... 1,814.36
    Available for debt repayments........... 1,091
    Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 796.1
    Surplus(deficit if negative)............ 294.9

    OK

    This is where you need to start thinking straegically.

    Are either of you able to get a low life balance transfer?

    If not then what are the maximum limits on those cards?

    In the immediate short-term, you need to hit that halifax card with every spare penny as that is costing you most.

    See the snowball on www.whatsthecost.com and check what happens if you pay £270 off the halifax and if you pay £30 of each of the cards each month?

    Unless, you think you can get a cheap balance transfer if you clear the Natwest card?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
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