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Reduce interest rate on personal loan

Samio18
Posts: 3 Newbie
Hello there,
I have a personal loan with NatWest and my monthly payment is £226 per month. Over half of this monthly repayment is going on interest alone and I was wondering if I am being overcharged on interest because of this at all?
My loan amount was for £7,500 and I think the APR is 19.8% but I am not sure on the rest and I don't have the agreement due to moving as it is in storage at the minute.
If I am being overcharged would I be able to reduce the interest rates and if so would it affect my credit score because I really don't want to damage that at the moment.
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
I have a personal loan with NatWest and my monthly payment is £226 per month. Over half of this monthly repayment is going on interest alone and I was wondering if I am being overcharged on interest because of this at all?
My loan amount was for £7,500 and I think the APR is 19.8% but I am not sure on the rest and I don't have the agreement due to moving as it is in storage at the minute.
If I am being overcharged would I be able to reduce the interest rates and if so would it affect my credit score because I really don't want to damage that at the moment.
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
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99.9999999% sure you are bring the rate and amount you signed up to! Why would it be any different? You knew the amount when you agreed to take the loan right?!0
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If you can try getting another personal loan from another bank and pay it off in full. 19.8% is a high rate but that is what you signed up for.
How many years? 4 years? It's about right. Most of the payments in the first year will just be interest.
If you could get £7,500 at 6.9% you could clear the loan in 3 years paying exactly the same each month.:footie:Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S)
Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money.
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Unfortunately that is the deal you would of signed up to, you must of been aware of the interest rate before hand.
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Yeah I knew the amount to pay back roughly it wasn't thoroughly explained to me but that's by the by. I was told the interest rates but because I needed to get the loan at the time for an emergency at the time it didn't matter to me as long as I was accepted that's why it is what it is.
It was only taken out earlier this year in January but I'd like to move into a flat of my own next year so was looking at ways of bringing down my monthly repayments if I can, I just don't want to apply for all sorts of loans and ruin my "average/good" credit rating.0 -
Yeah I knew the amount to pay back roughly it wasn't thoroughly explained to me but that's by the by. I was told the interest rates but because I needed to get the loan at the time for an emergency at the time it didn't matter to me as long as I was accepted that's why it is what it is.
It was only taken out earlier this year in January but I'd like to move into a flat of my own next year so was looking at ways of bringing down my monthly repayments if I can, I just don't want to apply for all sorts of loans and ruin my "average/good" credit rating.:footie:Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S)
Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money.
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MSE's "cheap loans" page is kept updated: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/loans/cheap-personal-loans0
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If you could get £7,500 at 6.9% you could clear the loan in 3 years paying exactly the same each month.
But that would be extending the loan period, because you would be adding the 3 years of the new loan, to the period you had already paid on the original loan.
I made this mistake TWICE.
I fell for the "We can give you a loan that will reduce your monthly payments by £xx", and managed to turn a 5 year repayment, into almost a 10 year one.0
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