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Increasing consumer credit leading to more debt

September 28, 2007 by admin  
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The increasing availability of consumer credit which has caused the recent boom in the UK economy is contributing to rising levels of debt.

That is according to R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals), which has suggested that various financial services have been “tripping over themselves to lend money”, which in turn has resulted in the inadequate checking of the suitability of borrowers.

Vice president Nick O’Reilly said that IVAs and indebtedness are on the increase because “the level of personal in the UK has grown significantly over the last four to five years – in fact the main boom in the economy has been fuelled by personal “.

He added: “Now that the level of borrowing is so much bigger in terms of trillions, the level of people with debt problems is obviously higher than it used to be.

“It’s a much more competitive financial services market these days, and people are tripping over themselves to lend money. That must mean, by its nature, that their credit checks are less rigorous than they used to be.”

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