Personal loan as the name suggests is taken for personal usage. These may include home improvement, debt consolidation, buying a car, purchasing holiday package, higher education, etc. One of the great advantages of personal loan is its flexibility. There are different types of personal loans but basically secured and unsecured are two types of personal loan.
Secured
personal loan: Such loans are secured against the collateral that a borrower needs to pledge against the loan amount. Secured personal loans are most appropriate for home owners who want to raise large amount of money. As such loans are offered at low rate of interest and for a longer time period, you can use such loans for any purpose, big or small.
Because secured
personal loan is secured against the property, generally all lenders will approve your loan even if you are suffering from adverse credit such as County Court Judgments, defaults in repayment, arrears, bankruptcy, etc.
The interest rate posed in case of bad credit secured personal loan depends upon so many factors such as the amount of money you are going to borrow, length of borrowing time and of course your personal details.
Unsecured personal loan: In this case borrowers do not need to pledge their property as collateral. Borrowers are not at any risk and lenders solely believe on the financial capability of the borrowers for repayment.
High rate of interest and short repayment periods are offered by the lenders. The reason for high rate of interest is that, lenders feel insecure and high rate of interest will help them recover the loan amount.
Unsecured person loan can also be used for any purpose. Such loans are best suitable for tenants who do not have property or persons unable to get secured loans.
The author is a business writer specializing in finance and credit products and has written authoritative articles on the finance industry. He has done his masters in Business Administration and is currently assisting Go4uk-Loans as a finance Specialist.
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