Monday 13 October 2014

Different Viable Solutions For Indebted Households

By Barun Kumar


The amount of money that a particular household owes lenders is regarded to as household debt. The parameters of measuring an indebted family are the inability to settle its debts while still providing family needs. That said, indebted households may never be in a position to settle for the existing debt, even after standards of living improves.

A debt may result from accumulation of loans and interests from mortgages, student loans, car loans and credit cards. There are various reasons for measuring the household debt. One of them is establishing the relationship between household debts and various measures of income. Another method would be comparing it to the Gross Domestic Product of a particular company.

Debts results into stress that normally impacts negatively to the health and financial status of the particular household. There is a saying that money cannot buy happiness, but likewise, lack of the same money results into high levels of stress. The stress can result into serious diseases such as ulcers, high blood pressure, and stroke among others.

There may not be a particular solution to household debt, but few options are available to ease the situation. Such solutions include debts counseling, insolvency and administration. The conditions for seeking for administration option demand that a family has less than a fixed amount set by the government. Only concurrent creditors are normally favored by insolvency option. The last option is seeking debts counseling from a professional company of choice.

During year 2012, the international monetary fund, reported that household debt soared in the years leading up to the great recession in a United States research. Another research found out that out of active 19.3million credit consumers, about 7.3 million had more than three months arrear. A further 3.1 million consumers were considered to be deeply impaired.

Year in year out the number of indebted households continue to rise steadily among the many factors attributed to this worrying trend is the sharp decrease of heath credits of households. These credits are basically the effectiveness of a consumer being able to settle debts while still managing other financial obligations. Increase in basic commodities be it food or fuel has also resulted into cash flow pressure souring; presenting a very worrying trend.

An indebted consumer may be in the view that assuming that debts never existed may result into a pardon by its owners. Others would still hope that time would make the debt disappear. But on the contrary, the huge accumulation of the debt may come about from external factors, such as high levels of inflation or less income.

It is highly recommended to seek for debt counseling on time by sending an application to credible companies. Such firms have favorable terms for the indebted consumer such as affordable repayment plan. Another benefit is reduction of initial debt and a further extension of repayment period. This would be the best refuge for an indebted consumer, considering that the other financial needs demanding attention.




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