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We won’t have cheap credit for ‘a number of years to come’

June 12, 2008 by admin  
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According to a financial analyst, Brits will not be seeing the days of cheap credit “for a number of years to come”.

Darren Cook, a spokesperson for Moneyfacts.co.uk, said that some experts have predicted the Bank of England base rate will increase another three times before the end of the year.

“These uncertainties, paired with the house price adjustments and many households finding themselves in negative equity, [means] lenders are prudently hedging themselves on pricing due to fears of a massive increase in the probability of default,” Mr Cook commented.

In related news, Experian recently advised consumers looking to secure a loan to check their credit report first.

By doing so, consumer education manager at the organisation James Jones said that consumers give themselves a better chance of their loan application being accepted as they can make sure that the information on their report is correct before it is checked by a lender.

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