Secured VS Unsecured Loans: What You Should Know

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If you're looking to get a loan, it's important to know what kind of loan you're getting. There are two main types of loans: Secured and unsecured.

Secured loans are typically used by people who want to buy a house or car. You've probably already heard about these loans. they're the ones where you put down a cash deposit and then pay back the principal along with interest over time until the loan is paid off in full. This means that if anything happens to your house or car (and it will), the lender will take ownership of it so they can sell it off at auction and get back their money from its sale price.

If you're looking for an unsecured loan, on the other hand, you need to be aware of the potential drawbacks that come with this kind of financing.

The first thing to know about secured loans is that they require collateral. If your lender decides that your house or car is not enough security for them, they will ask for more assets as collateral until they can get their hands on cash from another source. This can be frustrating because it means that if you don't have enough assets in place when you apply for a secured loan (or if those assets aren't worth what you promised), then you won't be able to get any funding at all.

The second thing to know about secured loans is that they have high interest rates. Because there's no risk involved no matter how bad things turn out banks can charge high interest rates on these types of loans because they know they'll never lose money in this scenario!
 
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