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Help!!!!

I have 3 credit cards totalling £10.5k, what are the best steps to get payments down? Do i transfer balances to one card or get a bank loan?

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  • emma396
    emma396 Posts: 760 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    can u pay the 10.5k back?
  • yeslek
    yeslek Posts: 1,442 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    no need for sarcasm!


    best thing is to do an SOA
    work out how much you owe on each, what the interest rates are, how much you are paying at the moment and the incomings and outgoings each month.
    post it on here and people will be able to advise you where to go next.
  • supersavy
    supersavy Posts: 44 Forumite
    With that amount of money I would suggest looking for a low interest loan or increasing my mortgage to pay the debt of personally.
  • pinkthinks
    pinkthinks Posts: 77 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Try using the snowball calculator in the first instance...

    http://www.whatsthecost.com/snowball.aspx?country=uk

    It can be slightly scary if you fill it out with only the minimum payments, but if you're savvy with it you can try & chuck as much money as you can at the debt & watch the 'end years' reduce.

    Good luck
    x
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