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Looking for a flexible loan

asdfg
asdfg Posts: 17 Forumite
I am looking to borrow £2,000. I would prefer a loan which allows for no repayments in the beginning 2 to 3 months and permits early repayments without penalty. I have a reasonable credit record. Can anyone please recommend a suitable loan? Many thanks in advance.

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  • jonesMUFCforever
    jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite
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    Does it have to be a loan?
    For that amount you could get an interest free or low LOB card. Some cards (Virgin??) only take £5 as min. repayment regardless of amount o/s during interest free period.
  • asdfg
    asdfg Posts: 17 Forumite
    Thanks for your reply. The problem with a credit card is, it is pretty difficult to take cash out;I would have to take out the money as a cash advance and pay the fees incurred.
  • shazzer22
    shazzer22 Posts: 502 Forumite
    Hi, we've just taken out a £3k loan with Cahoot to get a new car, we've cut the cost of purchasing the car by spreading some of the expenditure on a couple of 0% cc's. The main reason we went with cahoot is because we can over pay, so when I get a couple of bonuses later on in the year I'm gonna pay it straight off the loan.
  • jitsuguy
    jitsuguy Posts: 250 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    With the virgin credit card you could do a 'super' balance transfer. You would incur fees which I think would be about 40 for 2000. The only other way would be to go through with a Cahoot flexible loan but you would have to pay about 40 in min payments for the first few months instead of the 5 for the virgin credit card.

    Jitsuguy
    Debts (As of 10th September):
    Original - £7938.11, Now - £0

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    For other flexible loans see my post in Need a loan that's easy to pay off early thread
  • asdfg
    asdfg Posts: 17 Forumite
    Thank you so much for all your help. :)
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