Balloon payments in an IVA

Not all lenders financing car HP agreements allow their customers to enter into an IVA. Some lenders have clauses written into their HP agreements specifically prohibiting borrowers from offering IVA proposals to their creditors on pain of the HP agreement being nullified and the car being immediately subject to repossession, in the event that the borrower breaches their HP agreement in this way. Continue reading

What Insolvency solution should I do?

When faced with serious financial difficulties, the debtor may have various options suggested to him by friends, family or other colleagues in whom he may have confided. Or it may be that his bank manager, one or more of his creditors or his business colleagues suggest what he should do, again assuming that they are aware of his financial circumstances. As in any important decision making process, it’s best to avoid plumping for what might seem an attractive solution at first and the well-meaning but sometimes erroneous advice of friends or colleagues. Continue reading

IVA and Bankruptcy statistics

Back in 2012 we noticed a significant swing away from bankruptcies and towards Individual Voluntary Arrangements or IVAs. It is interesting to look at what has been happening since then and particularly whether that trend has been sustained. The short answer is that it has and the numbers of individuals choosing bankruptcy continues to decline sharply.

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Annual IVA review may affect payments

When you offer creditors an IVA proposal, they will carefully consider if your offer of payment is fair. They will look at your income and your household expenses and take into account any special family circumstances that may impact on your ability to make your debt repayments, such as a family member having a medical condition with special medication, dietary or care needs. Continue reading

Debt Management to IVA

There are a huge number of people in Debt Management Plans in the UK. Many of them have varied circumstances as to why they are in Debt Management over other solutions. Some may be solvent but to pay off their debts in full in accordance with the terms on which they borrowed the money in the first place they would have to dispose of some of their assets such as a house, and many of them are not prepared to do this. Continue reading

Increasing IVA Payments

It is a matter of concern for people who are going into an IVA that creditors might increase their monthly payments to the point where they can’t afford to pay what is being demanded with the result that their IVA might fail. It’s an understandable worry but debtors should be reassured that creditors, by and large, only seek to increase monthly payments if it is possible and realistic and sustainable for the debtor. Continue reading

Joint debts in an IVA

If you are insolvent and considering offering IVA proposals to your creditors you should be aware of the standard treatment of joint debts in an IVA and how your IVA is affected if you have one or more debts jointly with your spouse or partner. A joint debt is a debt taken out by two or more people but in most cases just by two people.

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Debt Solutions in the UK

If you find yourself deep in debt, there are seven main options which you can consider to address your predicament. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, about 98% of people who decide to do something about their personal debt problems opt for one of these seven courses of action. Which solution appeals to you? Which solution are you eligible to go for? See if your circumstances match any of them.

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