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The Differences between Debt Reduction and Credit Card Consolidation
from:Using credit cards to consolidate your debts is not as effective as debt reduction. Credit cards often have high rates of interest, and will often lead you into deeper debts. In fact, credit cards are one of the leading causes that debtors seek out debt consolidation solutions.
Debt reduction means that you are working to decrease your bills, not add or keep the bills in existence by using another source to pay off the debt. Therefore, instead of considering credit cards as a source for debt consolidation, you must find a way to reduce your debts.
Let's say you owe money for your mortgage, car payments, insurance, utilities, and other bills that add up to $1200 per month. Now, is there a way we can reduce this amount? Absolutely, but can we find a mortgage that will refinance our loan and help us to combine our monthly bills into one payment?
Yes. There are loans available that offer cash back, underpayment, and overpayment plans; as well as loans that will wrap your bills into one, combining the bills and adding them to your monthly installment.
Do not misinterpret this: your utilities are your responsibility, but for the most part, your car payment, mortgage, and any credit cards or other loans will be rolled into one monthly payment. Therefore, if you're paying out of the $1200 up to $800 per month toward car payments and mortgage, you may find a lender who will reduce this amount to $600 more or less per month.
Furthermore, if you land a loan that offers cash back, you can use this money to payoff your debts.
Finally, utilities can be reserved and grocery bills can be reduced. In addition, insurance coverage can also be reduced. Therefore, debt reduction is wiser than credit card debt consolidation in the long run.
Low Interest Student Loan Consolidation News
Student-loan consolidation choices shrink (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Kari Schoeneweis will face more than $60,000 in student loan debt when she graduates from Carlow University in spring. he plans to do what her older siblings did and consolidate her loans to reduce the monthly payments.
Read more...Help from friends boosts loan-challenged (Denver Post)
Good credit and a stable job should have been enough for Matt Schilling to get a low interest rate on a bank loan to fix his Jeep. Despite the tough economy, the 27-year-old figured he would find an affordable note with ease. Schilling wanted to replace a blown engine.
Read more...Recent college graduates fight load of debt (Blairsville Dispatch)
Loan consolidation options are more limited now than they were for students who graduated college a few years ago. The U.S. Department of Education is nearly the only loan consolidator in the nation as many lenders have suspended consolidations because of the credit crunch.
Read more...hedline (Philly.com)
Shop around for new insurance quotes Annual savings: $175 Consumer Reports ran the numbers in an article this summer and found that the average person can save about $175 by calling around for new bids on auto and life insurance policies. CR reporter Jeff Blyskal says it's one of the best ways there is to pare household expenses.
Read more...Painless ways to save $826.05 (Philadelphia Daily News)
Shop around for new insurance quotesAnnual savings: $175Consumer Reports ran the numbers in an article this summer and found that the average person can save about $175 by calling around for new bids on auto and life insurance policies. CR reporter Jeff Blyskal says it’s one of the best ways there is to pare household expenses.
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