Before offering tips to borrowers planning to take secured loans, it will be necessary to first define the need for a guide to secured loans, i.e. why a customer needs to be guided through secured loans. There are two reasons. Firstly, lenders lend not out of generosity. The loan has to be paid back. If the secured loan is not paid back, the second reason starts operating. The secured loan stakes its claim on certain asset/assets of the borrower as collateral. The loan provider has every right to liquidate the asset pledged as collateral to recover his dues.
Since, the process of repossession of collateral is a painful process, it will be necessary if the secured loan is taken with sufficient knowledge beforehand. And how do you intend to draw this knowledge from? Past experiences with loans, experiences of friends or relatives, magazines and journals, and most important independent financial advisors (IFA), are all sources of advice utilised by borrowers in the UK.
Now, coming to the advice that constitutes an important part of secured loans. The first thing to decide will be the amount of secured loan. This is not as easy a decision as most of us will consider...