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Factors to Keep in Mind While Opting for a Personal Loan


A personal loan can be a quick way to get much-needed cash, which can be used for the renovation of your home, medical expenses, start your business, and much more. But getting approved for a personal loan need some critical step of customer verification.


Some factors to keep in mind for applying for a Personal Loan.

  • Loan amount: Before applying for a loan you need to be sure how much the amount and the time period you will need to borrow. The lesser the amount you borrow, the better are the chances to repay.

  • Interest rate: Every personal loan comes with a different amount of interest rate. An individual should inquire about the rate, compare different banks, and select the one that he thinks he fits.

  • Repayment period: an individual have to pay back to the bank, the longer the repayment period, the more you have to pay the interest. So a person should try to keep the repayment period as short as possible.

  • Lender credibility: There are many financial institutes now who can lend money, earlier there were only banks and many RBI-registered financial institutes such as Bajaj Finance personal loan, capital first, and others. But not all are registered with RBI, some of them are scams, to avoid those trap please research before applying for a loan.

  • Assess all the associated costs: There are processing fees like 1-2% of the personal loan amount, flat rate. The lower the processing fees the better. And late payment costs like when a borrower did not pay interest on the time he will get fine, so you need to be careful in this.

Factor considered by banks before lending money to self-employed

  1. Capacity: the bank will see your repayment capacity. If it finds out that your score is not that great, then there is a chance you won’t get a loan.

  2. Collateral: Sometimes banks need some security against the loan for a safety purpose. It could be anything related to your belongings like motorcycle documents, house documents, and many more.

  3. Age: there is no age limit for applying for a personal loan, but banks prefer giving a loan to people age 30-50 as they are considered stable.

  4. Current income: For those who are employed, banks look to other factors such as their current income, how much debt you are in, monthly bills, etc.

Conclusion:

A personal loan is the best loan one can get, simple and with lower documentation but you need to see and research about the financial institution or bank which provides you the best scheme or lower interest because the lower the interest will be the more chances you get to repay the amount.

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