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Uk Debt Increases: But It’s Nothing To Do With A Mortgage
By Charles michael Challiner
Debt charities have reported they are hearing from an increasing number of people whose spending is out of control. Their records are showing that, on average, people who turn to the Consumer Credit Counselling Service for advice owe £31,000 which does not include their mortgage.

The rising trend means more Britons will need to reduce the interest charges they pay and actively manage debts. The large sums involved also mean that more will find themselves in the dangerous territory of debt consolidation loans – and the loans industry is not regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

But in their desperation, consumers attempting to take control of their debts are being warned to beware of unregulated loans that can lock them in for years and leave them at the mercy of rocketing exit charges.

As the name suggests, these loans fall outside the normal safeguards we have come to expect when borrowing money. They are typically loans made to individuals, outside any mortgage arrangements, for amounts above £25,000.

Personal loans for amounts below £25,000 are subject to the Consumer Credit Act. This ensures lenders cannot impose excessive fees or conditions on their customers.

These protections are particularly valuable when borrowers want to pay off their debts early. In these circumstances the Act says lenders cannot charge a fee of more than one month's interest. Better still, if the term of the loan is one year or less, lenders cannot charge and early repayment penalty.

Mortgages, which are invariably for more than £25,000, have their own protection provided by the Financial Services Authority. Its rules mean that when borrowers repay a mortgage early or fall into debt, charges are limited to the costs the lender will incur.

None of these safeguards are enjoyed by borrowers who take out unregulated loans. Unregulated lenders include complicated and costly repayment penalties in the small print of their contracts. Arbitrary charges for early repayments are common and penalties can lock borrowers in for years, during which time they are also at the mercy of rising interest rates.

So do secured loans make sense? While secured loans can make financial sense in certain circumstances, as borrower, you should carefully assess the terms and conditions attached to the loan.

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must be certain that you can repay the loan. The lender enjoys the security aspect of the loan, not the borrower. If you cannot handle the repayment, the lender can forcibly sell your house to recover the loan.

This is why many consider the secured loan as a last resort and that the only justifiable reason for such a borrowing option is a need to reduce or consolidate existing debt costs.

The two leading reasons for taking out a secured loan are unsecured debt consolidation and financing home improvements.

Other popular reasons for secured borrowing are mainly buying a new car, paying for a wedding and buying property abroad.

Given the UK public's current appetite for borrowing, the secured loans industry is unlikely to go into recession. Datamonitor research expects such loan advances to reach £51 billion by 2008.

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