‘Free’ Debt Plans Can Cost a Fortune

Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:53
Posted in category Banking and Finance

These days, about one fifth of the borrowers using a formal debt management plan are failing to keep up with the agreed payments thus getting piling up debts. Individual Voluntary Arrangements, which run for five years, are typically used by the ones with huge debts to avoid the stigma of going bankrupt.
If an IVA runs its full five years, then the debt management company running it typically takes its fees from the amount paid to creditors. The debtor won’t need to pay any fees and the plan appears to be ‘free’. However, if the plan fails when the debtor doesn’t keep their side of the bargain, the IVA firms can take the fees from the debtor’s repayments, leaving the debt still just as deeply in the red.
Many people still go breaking down in their first year, because the IVA can cost borrowers as much as £2000. However, unlike a traditional bankruptcy order, one’s property is usually safe with an IVA.

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