How Will I Pay all these BILLs?
My credit already stinks!
New Credit? Home Mortgage Refinance? What's the best way to consolidate?
If you’ve gone overboard on your spending
limits and only have a little to squeeze out of your budget, but
not enough to make large payments to get out of debt, you might
consider applying for a new credit card. Use the new credit line
to disperse funds and bring down your other debts. This is wise
in that it will help your credit scores by distributing debt over
more credit lines and paying down maxed out lines.
But if your credit has dropped too low over
the last few months or years, you may not qualify for new credit.
It’s very difficult to get a new credit line with a 580
credit score, late payments or new collections.
If you are in serious danger of your debts
getting too far out of hand, and you’ve owned a home for
a while with some equity, you can get pay off debts with a debt
consolidation refinance loan – even with low credit scores.
Imagine paying off a 19-24% interest rate
credit cards, or large medical bills in one quick shot with a
home refinance, at a normal mortgage loan interest rate (now between
6.5-10%)
Consider a Refinance Mortgage for Your
Home, even with Bad Credit.
Refinance Loans to pay off
debt are very easy to obtain, even with low credit scores (580).
The items you choose to pay off with the equity from your home,
is built in to automatically pay off your creditors. If your debt
to pay off isn’t excessive, you’re monthly payments
may not increase by much. Of course you will have closing costs
to consider, but that can be financed with the loan as well.
A good mortgage broker can prequalify you
with a fairly accurate rate quote, tell you which items you can
pay off with the refinance and how much your new monthly payments
will be.
Compare the new monthly payments with the
old payments plus all of your payments on credit lines you’re
paying off, and see if it doesn’t save you money each month.
Another advantage of paying off debt with
a refinance is that your credit will improve, meaning that for
all credit you attain in the future; you will qualify for lower
interest rates. Consider this also if your monthly payments will
come out to be slightly higher. It could save you money in the
long run.
Trisha Dingillo is the owner and author of
this website and a licensed Illinois Mortgage Broker. She works
specifically with investors and poor credit buyers.
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