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Debt Management

Debt Management allows to to consolidate your debts to lower monthly repayments without having to borrow again or put your home at risk with a secured loan.

What is Debt Management ?

Debt Management adviceDebt management is an informal arrangement between you and your creditors, negotiated by a Debt Management company on your behalf. We take details of your debts, income and outgoings. This is called a financial statements. We present this to your creditors as evidence that you are unable afford current payment levels. You make one affordable payment to us, which we distribute to your creditors. Typically, new payments are half your existing payments, but will depend upon individual circumstances.

Debt Management Key Benefits.

Also know as an informal agreement or structured repayment plan , the key benefit of debt management are as follows:-

Debt Management Examples

Our database of real debt managament case studies shows how debt management helps people with wide range of financial and personal circumstances.

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Most Recent Cast Study:-

£58,000 of debt - but can't do an IVA.

Debt: £58,000 Was paying: £1267/month
Now paying: £300/month
Client has £200,000 equity in his home & unsecured debts of £58,000. His assets are more than his debts, but he can't pay 11 creditors from a monthly income of £1,060.
An IVA is not possible as his creditors would never agreed to forgive any debt when he could repay them in full by selling his property. The client does not want to remortage as he has recently become self employed and does not want to risk his home if that does not go to plan. Debt management will never pay off this debt, but it gives our client some respite from his creditors while he focuses on building his business without the fear or court action or losing his home.
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Debt Management FAQ

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3 Random Q&A's from the database:-

1. What do you charge for this service?

So that we can initially set up your programme and negotiate with your creditors, your 2 month's payment covers our implementation costs. From this we make token payments to creditors. After that, our ongoing administration charge is 17.625%. This is included in your agreed to be affordable monthly payments - not added on top.

2. Should i ignore contact from my creditors now you are managing credit repayments?

No, under guidelines issued by the Office of Fair Trading, we are not allowed to advise you do this. It may be the case the a particular debt management company is incompetent and not making correct payments. The creditors would need to be able to advise their client of this. Should they contact you, listen to what they have to say and politely tell them Abacus are now handling your finances are refer them to ourselves.

3. Will the plan affect my credit rating ?

Because coming on the plan will result in your not making contracted repayments on your unsecured debts, you should expect that your credit rating to be adversely affected. However, your credit rating may already be poor if you have arrears or a history of missed or late payments. Long term, the only way to fix bad credit is to repay your debts, which is what the debt management plan is design to achieve.

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