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How lenders evaluate consumer borrowers
Tuesday, 06 January 2009
By Deann Keith

  Most consumers misunderstand how lenders look at their credit history. For most consumers credit history is simply one number which they know as their FICO number. But for lenders credit history is much more complicated.


A credit history is needed in order to allow lenders to assess the risk of lending money to consumers. When providing debt a lender basically trusts that the borrower would pay back the debt plus the interest. If the borrower does not pay the lender has little that he can do. The lender can try to collect the debt by taking possession of collateral for debt that is taken against tangible assets but if the debt is for non tangible usage the lender might be at a dead end and have to write off the debt as a loss.

It is clear that lender would like to have a way to know what is the risk of lending money to a specific borrower. The higher the risk is the higher the interest rate that the lender would ask for in order to cover that risk. If the risk
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Debt consolidation is more than just a way to save on payments
Monday, 05 January 2009
By Deann Keith

  Debt consolidation is a way to save on interest payment and do better manage your debt. There are many reasons why you should consolidate your debt and doing so is easier than many consumers think.


Debt consolidation is the process of combining and merging a debts from different lenders and for different purposes into one debt from one lender that is paid via a single monthly payment based on a single interest rate. There are many reasons why you should consolidate your debts but the bottom line result of all those reasons and the consolidation process is simply lowering your debt cost and lowering the risk of defaulting on a loan.

Debt consolidation takes an advantage of economy of scales. Having one bigger debt rather than a few smaller debts is actually better when it comes to negotiating your debt interest rate. Lenders actually do like to lend money since this is how they are making their profit. When consolidating a few debts the result is having one bigger debt that is thus more lucrative for lenders to facilitate. A bigger debt is
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