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Personal loan costs on the up

April 8, 2008 by admin  
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The worsening credit crisis is pushing up the cost of taking out a ce.co.uk/loans/” target=”_self”>loan, despite cuts in the Bank of England base rate.

Moneyfacts, a financial data provider, claims that the average rate on a three year £5,000 unsecured personal loan has risen by 1.7 per cent in the past year, adding an extra £300 to the bill.

Nearly a third of personal loans taken out in the past year were for debt consolidation. A quarter of those borrowers ran into further debt, and 85 per cent of all those taking out loans were not asked to pay off existing debts by their lenders.

Worryingly, 70 per cent of loan applicants were not asked for proof of income, according to price comparison service uSwitch.com.

Mike Naylor of uSwitch.com commented: “With more than 7,716 loan repayments being missed every day and record write-offs, you might think that lenders had learnt their lesson.”

Figures released by the Bank of England last week showed that new consumer credit rose by £2.4 billion in February, compared to an increase £900 million in January.

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