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Loan company that will lend if you offer higher interest

Hi

I'm trying to take out a unsecured loan of upto 25k, ideally over 2.5- 3 yrs.
As I already have 30k of loans right now I imagine most companies would be unwilling to lend me more. However, the payment isn''t a problem so are there any companies that would be willing to lend if I were willing to pay upto 20% interest?

Thanks!

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  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    broadly speaking their first priority is your ability to repay the debt

    so assuming your income is say over 80k then you will have a reasonable chance of a loan

    ps.. 20% is a failry modest APR these days
  • If payment isn't an issue why would you want additional high APR debt?
  • Thanks for the replies.

    My income is about 40k after tax but this new loan would be paid by my business, I imagine the banks won't accept this though.

    As I'm already "maxed out" (in thoery) I realise I would need to pay higher APR rates in order for the lender to take the risk in lending to me.. Or does it not work like that?
  • Fonz_2
    Fonz_2 Posts: 393 Forumite
    Whilst a higher interest rate is obviously a nice earner for a lender, the primary concern is your ability to pay the loan back in their eyes. The interest rate is worthless if you go bankrupt for example.

    I'd say that unfortunately you're very unlikely to find a lender willing to loan such a large amount of money to someone who is already spending 75% of their net income on debts already.
  • PNPSUKNET
    PNPSUKNET Posts: 4,265 Forumite
    why not lendit against the business?
  • Sailnet18666
    Sailnet18666 Posts: 1 Newbie
    edited 17 October 2009 at 12:28PM
    dell1234_ wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies.

    My income is about 40k after tax but this new loan would be paid by my business, I imagine the banks won't accept this though..

    As I'm already "maxed out" (in thoery) I realise I would need to pay higher APR rates in order for the lender to take the risk in lending to me.. Or does it not work like that?

    Interest would not be big matter, if you really have to pay loan soon.
  • vaporate
    vaporate Posts: 1,955 Forumite
    Why would you want more debt?
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  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    TBH unsecured loans of £25K, while in theory are available, are not offered much these days except to gold plated clients whom the banks are confident will repay.
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