Nsecured Loan To Secured Loan – How A Loan Company Can Convert Your Debt And Claim On Your Home
Warnings have been issued recently by debt counselling charities, regarding an increasing trend by some of the high street lenders to issue charging orders on borrowers homes in order to recover bad debts. Major names in loan provision such as Abbey, Alliance and Leicester, Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide, and Northern Rock have all admitted to using these measures to turn an unsecured loan into one that is secured against the borrowers house.
When a loan is taken out, it can be either secured against the borrowers property and should repayment defaults occur then the lender can still recover their money through the sale of the property, or it can be unsecured so that no such guarantee is offered by the borrower. Due to the obvious financial risk advantages to the lender and the much lower default rates which occur with secured loans when compared with unsecured loans, increased borrowing limits and lower interest rates are usually available for those who choose to opt for a secured loan.
Charging orders are a legal means of converting a...