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  • sourcrates wrote: »
    How old are all these accounts ? roughly.......
    Sainsburys was a 3 year loan to refinance CC's so 1 year old.
    Halifax was a 5 year loan again to refinance CC's so 18 months old.
    The Capital One CC is 13 years old originally for £8,000 and only ever paid the minimum repayment.
    The Santander cards are getting to be nearly 18 months old and due for replacement next year. Still have good credit so I'll try a balance transfer or pay them off using cheaper credit when the time comes to keep the interest low.

    Halifax have offered a 0% balance transfer for 24 months
    Barclay's have offered a 0% balance transfer for 12 months
  • have another stab at the SOA, with as much , correct info on it. Don't worry, I don't think anyone gets it right first time! :)
    So, are you not paying anything at all to all those creditors ?
    Each to their own, but I couldn't be defaulting(?) on debts when I had the means to pay it off (selling the house). Won't it scupper your chance of re-mortgaging when the time comes if you haven't been servicing the debts?
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    CCA. Request to the capital one account, should be your next move, good chance there's no paperwork for this one, could be one less to worry about !!!
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    £95 per month for a bus pass :eek: Have you checked with your travel company that this is the best deal. I pay less than £60 per month on direct debit for mine and I can travel across Birmingham and the Black Country for that!
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  • bsms1147
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    The Santander cards are getting to be nearly 18 months old and due for replacement next year. Still have good credit so I'll try a balance transfer or pay them off using cheaper credit when the time comes to keep the interest low.
    I'd be surprised if you could get further credit with ~£27,000 of debt on an ~£18,000 salary. And if you're defaulting every month I imagine your chances would be lower still.
  • katsu
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    So you keep taking out loans to consolidate the cards - what do you them spend on the cards again for? What has been missing in your SOA?
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  • bsms1147 wrote: »
    I'd be surprised if you could get further credit with ~£27,000 of debt on an ~£18,000 salary. And if you're defaulting every month I imagine your chances would be lower still.

    No not defaulting. I withdraw cash from the Virgin One account. It's a flexible mortgage and pay the credit cards and loans.

    I'll try SOA again.

    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet

    Household Information

    Number of adults in household........... 2
    Number of children in household.........
    Number of cars owned....................

    Monthly Income Details

    Monthly income after tax................ 1300
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
    Benefits................................ 0
    Other income............................ 600
    Total monthly income.................... 1900


    Monthly Expense Details

    Mortgage................................ -300
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
    Rent.................................... 475
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 132
    Electricity............................. 37
    Gas..................................... 36
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 20
    Telephone (land line)................... 17
    Mobile phone............................ 27
    TV Licence.............................. 13
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 7
    Internet Services....................... 5
    Groceries etc. ......................... 210
    Clothing................................ 25

    Other travel............................ 156

    Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 30
    Pet insurance/vet bills................. 30

    Contents insurance...................... 12

    Other insurance......................... 7
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 5
    Haircuts................................ 5
    Entertainment........................... 0
    Holiday................................. 50
    Emergency fund.......................... 0
    Costs of keeping rental property........ 100
    Total monthly expenses.................. 1099



    Assets

    Cash.................................... 5000
    House value (Gross)..................... 139500
    Shares and bonds........................ 0
    Car(s).................................. 0
    Other assets............................ 0
    Total Assets............................ 144500



    Secured & HP Debts

    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Mortgage...................... 64500....(-300).....4.1
    Total secured & HP debts...... 64500.....-.........-


    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Sainsburys.....................10189.....443.......4.1
    Halifax........................9440......295.......6.9
    Santander 1....................3614......36.1......0
    Capital One....................317.......5.........3.9
    Santander 2....................3231......21.9......0
    Total unsecured debts..........26791.....801.......-



    Monthly Budget Summary

    Total monthly income.................... 1,900
    Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 1,099
    Available for debt repayments........... 801
    Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 801
    Amount left after debt repayments....... 0


    Personal Balance Sheet Summary
    Total assets (things you own)........... 144,500
    Total HP & Secured debt................. -64,500
    Total Unsecured debt.................... -26,791
    Net Assets.............................. 53,209


    Created using the SOA calculator at https://www.stoozing.com.
    Reproduced on Moneysavingexpert with permission, using other browser.
  • So this now show the mortgaged house that is rented out? Why have you got the mortgage as a minus figure?
    DFD September 2017
  • So this now show the mortgaged house that is rented out? Why have you got the mortgage as a minus figure?

    It's a flexible mortgage. Called the Virgin One Account. No payments are required. The rent payments go into that account then I withdraw money from the account to pay the loans and credit cards. When I go to the cashpoint the slip shows I am overdrawn by whatever amount.

    I did say it would look worse than it is.
  • might be being a bit dim (it has been a long day)


    what you are saying with that soa is (just for the mortgaged house)


    Income
    +£600
    Expenses
    -100 rental property
    +300 mortgage (this is shown as a minus on your SOA as you have shown it reducing your overall monthly expenses)
    Total +200


    Overall this is an extra £800 is that right???
    DFD September 2017
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