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When my wife was enquiring me about the progress of the homeowner loan that we were planning to take, my six year old said something that put me to deep thought. The subject was the constant refusals by a large number of loan providers because my credit file showed adverse credit history. On this my son remarked that when needs do not cease from emerging because you have adverse credit, why do loan providers refuse loans on the ground.

Though this is a childish statement with little or no correlation, it requires active thinking. It is true that only because you are needy, banks cannot lend you. Banks and financial institutions have a lending policy, according to which they have to first confirm that there is not much risk in a particular application.

But, can loan providers continue by refusing loans to a group that is growing with leaps and bounds. While a few loan providers have stuck to their age*old lending policies, a large number of loan providers in the UK have changed themselves according to the new environment. A new loan, by the name of adverse credit homeowner loan, has been designed to cater to the needs of the borrowers with adverse credit.

Adverse credit homeowner loan is the homeowner loan lent to borrowers with adverse credit. For readers who haven*t experienced bad credit history till now, let me remind that it can result from anything with a simple default to bankruptcy. Each instance gets recorded in the borrowers credit file. The borrower who has got a bad remark on his credit file will be termed as a problem case. Such borrowers face problems during applying for loans.

Adverse credit homeowner loans however do not pose much of a problem (provided proper search criteria are utilized). This is because adverse credit homeowner loan is offered against the home of borrowers. Adverse credit homeowner loans employ the equity present in home. The advantage of this method is that borrower is able to use the accumulated equity in home. The use of equity in this loan also makes it known as adverse credit home-equity loan.

Will this result in the borrower moving house. This is not necessary. The myths regarding moving fall flat with this disclosure. The loan providers only demand the property documents. Thus it is only nominal transfer of ownership. Borrower can claim back his property papers after the term of adverse credit home owner loan ends and borrower has completely settled off his loan accounts. However loan providers can repossess home if borrower defaults. Loan providers are tolerant enough to ignore one default. But, when the defaults continue, loan providers will undertake repossession proceedings.

There are certain differences between regular homeowner loans and adverse credit homeowner loans. Regular homeowner loans are for people who have a good credit history. Good credit history signifies that borrowers will keep up on repayments without any failure. Going by the same logic, borrowers with adverse credit history have an increased probability of default. The differences are a result of this higher risk probability.

Firstly, the amount that one qualifies for under adverse credit homeowner loans is comparatively lower. Also, the interest charged will be on the higher side. However, negotiations and bargaining do work for adverse credit homeowner loans. There are loan providers who are ready to offer attractive terms on adverse credit homeowner loans.

The question that will ring in your mind is that why I wasn*t able to get and adverse credit homeowner loan. The reason was a defective search criterion that I was using to find adverse credit homeowner loans. Because of work pressure, I contacted only the local lenders .They were nearer to my home and office and I could have easily visited the lender. At the advice of my friends who had taken homeowner loans in the past, I preferred local lenders. I was told that I as a borrower will have to regularly visit the loan provider for completing formalities. However, the local lenders were of the type who would treat adverse credit borrowers as outcastes.

I was introduced to online loan search and loan application by a reputable bank. The bank official said that I can contact them through their website instead of coming to their office. Further research showed that I can find a lot many loan providers who deal in adverse credit homeowner loans through an online search. There are many more processes that one can cover online. Rate comparison, loan application etc are a few of them. Since then I have always been using the online method of application and search and have found the method much more convenient.