Saturday, September 29, 2007

Debt management help

Debts are the crucial part of our life. How you might say? That’s because debts are necessary in many occasions. Well, they are the only choice we have got in most of the situations. One may have many needs in his life. Life is full of surprises and it never seems to surprise us with new circumstances and putting us in a test. No matter mow much we try not to take loans or credits from our credit cards, sometimes we are in such a state when we have no other options.

Well, it’s a good thing if you are able to repay all your credits. I mean if you have a decent job and some pretty good savings, then it might not be a big problem for you to clear you debt. At times like such, I don’t think you need any debt management help or advices. But the problem is when you don’t have money, when your debt amount is so huge that you are unable to clear your debts with your salary and all your savings. What then? It’s very uncommon that your creditors leave you because you don’t have money to repay them. So at times like these, what you need is debt management advice and help from experts. IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement) is one of the ways out of your problem. It includes the freezing of interest, reduction in the total amount of debt owing, and legal protection from creditors. The idea is to write everything that you have coming in and everything that you have going out. An affordable monthly repayment plan is agreed upon and the company managing your IVA will then negotiate with your creditors. It usually runs over a 60 month period. It may seem like an easy way out of the debt but actually it’s not. One can only take on an IVA if he/she is really struggling and can’t afford other repayment plans. So, IVAs are not for those who are just about getting by but you would still like extra help. You have to be in a real need. Check out the site www.trapped.co.uk for more details.

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