Is Debt Consolidation The Answer?

Is debt consolidation right for you? If you are like most people you have a substantial amount of credit card debt. You might be paying on two or three different credit cards and paying varying amounts of interest on the accounts.

You probably heard about consolidating your debt and how it can save you money and ease your credit card burden. But you need to understand how it works and if consolidation is right for you before you agree to any new loans. You need to understand how lenders view risk in order to understand the principle behind consolidation of debt.

You see, the lender takes into account the chances of not being paid back. If the loan is unsecured, then the interest rate on the loan will be higher. This is why interest rates on credit card debt is much higher than on mortgage loans.

There is no collateral to sell off on credit card debt. You use your credit card to take a vacation, buy a pair of shoes, buy tickets to the game. If you default on our credit card balance, there is nothing the lender can sell to recoup their loan. So they charge a large interest rate to make up for the money they lose when people default on their loan.

If no one defaulted on their credit cards, the lenders might charge a lower interest rate. But they probably would keep the rates high, because they like making a lot of money on their loans.

But on home mortgage loans, the lenders can charge less in interest because the loan is secured by the real property. The lender can sell the house if the borrower defaults on the loan in order to get their money back. Real property in most cases goes up in value, so lenders are more likely going to get their original loan back and in some cases, more money because of the built up equity.

So when you consolidate your credit card debt, you put together all of your debt and take a loan out on your home and use your home equity to pay off the debt and the money you borrow is now secured by your home so you will have a lower interest rate. Further, the payments on your home loan are tax deductible. Find out if debt consolidation is right for you.

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