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Looking to reduce debt and interest

Hi all,

not got massive debt apart from the mortgage but my situation is I have two loans, one with Tesco which has a balance of £3.5k and another with nationwide which has £1.2k. The Tesco loan has an interest rate of 4% and the nationwide has an interest rate of 7%. 

my income is £2,900 per month, I’m currently paying the nationwide loan back £600 per month so the balance will be cleared within two months and the Tesco bank loan is being paid back £130 a month so will take abit longer.

just wondered what would be the best way to consolate them and have lower interest would a 0% credit card work?

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  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 22,792 Forumite
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    At 4% apr I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep making the contractual payments.

    Any surplus put in a savings account.
  • kimwp
    kimwp Posts: 2,806 Forumite
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    If you do go down that route, check there are no penalties for paying your loan off earlier. Also what the balance transfer fee is - if it's 4% and you'll pay a 4% loan off in less than a year, it would actually cost you more to move the loan to the 0% card.
    Statement of Affairs (SOA) link: https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php

    For free, non-judgemental debt advice, try: Stepchange or National Debtline. Beware fee charging companies with similar names.
  • MFWannabe
    MFWannabe Posts: 2,454 Forumite
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    At 4% I’d let it run its course; once you’ve paid off the Nationwide you could chuck everything you can at the Tesco and you’ll pay it off in 6 months after paying off Nationwide 
    MFW 2025 #50: £1139.75/£6000

    12/06/25: Mortgage: £65,000.00
    07/03/25: Mortgage: £67,000.00
    18/01/25: Mortgage: £68,500.14
    27/12/24: Mortgage: £69,278.38 

    27/12/24: Debt: £0 🥳😁
    27/12/24: Savings: £12,000

    07/03/25: Savings: £16,500

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