Debt Consolidation

By Jantje Rostels

Some homeowners opt to re-finance to consolidate their existing debts. With this type of option, the homeowner can consolidate higher interest debts such as credit card debts under a lower interest home loan.

While this subject may sound pretty complex, it can be quite simple if explained the right way. When consolidating debt ask yourself whether you will have to pay an even higher amount in the long run by refinancing and what exactly will happen to your overall financial situation. How is it all going to effect your finances?

The things discussed will be simplified with this information. Deb consolidation doesnt has to be complex. There are some important questions you should ask yourself when you are trying to investigate if you should refinance. One is, are you going to pay more in the long run by refinancing and the other is, will your financial situation improve by refinancing.

What is debt consolidation? The term debt consolidation can be somewhat confusing because the term itself is somewhat deceptive. When a homeowner re-finances his home for the purpose of debt consolidation, he is not actually consolidating the debt in the true sense of the word.

All the existing debts are refinanced and this means they will be repaid by the consolidated loan. That means your new consolidated loan will be one loan of a higher amount rather than a lot of them of lower amounts.

The big advantage of a home loan is that the interest rates are often lower than the interest rates of regular loanforms.

Prior to the debt consolidation the homeowner may have been repaying a monthly debt to one or more credit card companies, an auto lender, a student loan lender or any number of other lenders but now the homeowner is repaying one debt to the mortgage lender who provided the debt consolidation loan.

This new loan will be subject to the applicable loan terms including interest rates and repayment period. - 29866

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