Various money ratios indicate if your debt is at a manageable level or not. These calculations may be employed by financial institutions to determine your creditworthiness but are generally helpful to understand your finances, reduce debt and improve budgeting. Lenders measure your level of debt to determine your creditworthiness by calculating a debt-to-income ratio or […]
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Are you unable or unwilling to pay your debt? Here’s how to tell if you have taken too much credit on your plate and whether you can afford it under the current repayment plan. You regularly miss monthly repayments When you take a loan to finance a purchase, the creditor grants the loan under an
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Being debt eligible means that you satisfy all the conditions to obtain debt and receive credit from banks or financial institutions. Here’s how to find out if you are debt eligible and whether you qualify for credit, what to do if you don’t know know where to get a credit report simply follow this link,
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When it comes to paying off debt, knowing which debts to prioritise and pay off first can save you the extra money in accumulating interest and get you closer to eliminating another of those monthly instalment burdens. There are various ways to get rid of debt, and in this blog, we look at which debts
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The S&P downgrade of SA’s foreign currency debt to junk status has been all over the news of late and a talking point for many South Africans. It’s media hype my die down eventually but its actual effects will have a longer stay. It will undoubtedly the economy on a large scale and affect consumers,
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The cost of living is extremely high, and there are many South Africans who simply don’t have the extra money to put into a savings account right now. We therefore need to seriously look at saving money by cutting costs and changing our lifestyle. Prioritise your wants and needs We need to be honest about
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