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Secured loans are the best loans to have in terms of the fact that the interest rates on the loan is generally less than on an unsecured loan, although the amount you can borrow is less. This is because your assets, i.e your home is used to secure the loan and often this type of loan is called a home owner loan.

In effect a secured loan can only be issued if you are using your home as collateral against the loan, then the lenders will give you a lower interest rate as you have put your home on the line and they believe that, as it is your home, that you will want to protect it and therefore come good on your monthly repayments.

Of course a factor affecting you getting any type of loan is your credit rating. If you have adverse credit your application may be rejected and you will probably experience this at some point but the trick is to keep searching and applying and know that there are lenders who specialise in giving adverse credit* personal loan. Advice should be sought if you do not know where to begin with your finance and consulting the FSA website is a good place to start.

(*Although this comes at a price, usually higher than usual interest rates, which mean you are paying more back then you would normally have to due to your credit rating).

The down side to secured loans is that if you fail on some of the monthly repayments then the lender may seize your home so there is always a major risk associated with this type of loan.
Another point about secured loans is that the term of the loan is usually quite long, this can obviously be good or bad depending on your point of view, however to offset this the maximum loan amount that can be borrowed will be larger than a personal loan.

It is always worth considering taking out additional insurance if you have a secured loan just to safe guard your house, because if you were to fall ill and not be able to make the repayments then you would lose your home.

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