Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Personal Loans- A comprehensive Guide!


Personal loans are a boon during the time of any financial crisis. It's an easy process which takes half of the time as compared to other loans. But this process becomes rigorous and exhaustive when you have a very little knowledge of what all you need for applying for a personal loan.


Here are certain points that are needed to be kept in mind by all the candidates applying for a personal loan.

Interest Rates

Loan and the interest rate go hand in hand, you can't ignore the other while focusing on the other. It is one of the major determinants in deciding if you should go for a personal loan or not. The financing cost of a personal loan is normally bolted. It doesn't change over the loan period. In any case, there are rates that are variable and change intermittently. The downside of a variable interest rate is that your installments can vary as your rate changes, making it harder to the spending plan for your credit installments.

The interest rate depends on your FICO assessment (credit score). By and large, the better your score, the lower your loan interest. Lower financing costs are clearly perfect since this means paying less in return for obtaining the credit.

Necessary Documents

Proper documents are a prerequisite when a loan is to be sanctioned, thus you should have all the necessary documents ready with you. 


Identity Proof: - Passport / Driving License / Voters ID / PAN Card (anyone)

Residence Proof: - Leave and License Agreement / Utility Bill (not more than 3 months old) / Passport (anyone).
Latest 3 months Bank Statement (where salary/income is credited).
Salary slips for last 3 months.
2 Passport Size photographs.

However, there is a slight change in the requirement of documents for self-employed individuals. Residence and identity proof being the same, the individual has to submit

Income proof (audited financials for the last two years).
Latest 6 months Bank statement.
Office address proof.
Proof of residence or office ownership.
Proof of continuity of business.


Eligibility Criteria

Different banks have different criteria when it comes to the eligibility to sanction a personal loan. But the generalized norms that are followed are:
Minimum Age: – 19 years
Maximum Age: – 60 years
Minimum salary: – Rs 15,000 

With the above criteria being met, your loan will be credited in your account. However, again criteria for a self-employed and salaried employee are different.

Unsecured

Personal loan is an unsecured loan meaning that they require no collateral or mortgage against the loan amount.  but that doesn't mean that due to the incapability of paying the loan amount the banks would be unable to take any action against you. the banks may use other alternatives such as complaining to the credit bureaus or filing a lawsuit in the house of court.

Therefore, it's important for the borrower of a personal loan to know about every aspect of it, in order to be fully aware and protect himself from any adversary.


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