If you are planning to apply for a
car loan after bankruptcy, there are two key items you need to focus on:
1) Increasing your chances of
qualifying for a
car loan after bankruptcy
2) Reducing the interest rate on the
car loan after bankruptcy
Let's look at each item in more detail:
1) Increasing your chances of
qualifying for a
car loan after bankruptcy
One way to increase your chances of
qualifying for a
car loan after
bankruptcy is to increase your
credit score.
How do you increase your
credit score? One way is to update your
credit reports. This means removing any inaccurate or obsolete negative information from your
credit reports. This will take an investment of time on your part - but if it means the difference between
qualifying (or not) for a
car loan after
bankruptcy it can be worth the effort.
Another way to increase your
credit score is to add positive items to your
credit report - but few people know about this technique. There's not enough room to go into it here, so I'll save that for another article.
In After Bankruptcy Credit Solutions I go into detail on a number of ways you can increase your
credit score. While there isn't enough room to cover all of them here, or any of them in detail, hopefully this gives you an idea of some of the steps you can take.
Another way to increase your chance of
qualifying for a
car loan after
bankruptcy is to increase the amount of your down payment, or look at a lower price car.
For example, let's assume you have $1,600 for a down payment on a
car and you're looking at a $16,000
car - that's a 10% down payment. But what if the lender won't approve the
loan because the down payment isn't large enough? See what they can do if you consider an $8,000 car. Now your $1,600 represents a 20% down payment. In addition, everyting else being equal, the payment on your
car loan after
bankruptcy would be lower if you
finance it for the same period of time.
Next, let's discuss some ways you can reduce the interest rate on a
car loan after bankruptcy...
2) Reduce the interest rate on the
car loan after bankruptcy
Here's where increasing your
credit score pays off again! Why? if you are able to increase your
credit score enough to reduce the interest rate you pay on a
car loan after bankruptcy, you could save $100s or even $1,000s of dollars.
For example, let's use a $15,000
car loan after
bankruptcy as an example. Let's say you increase your
credit score enough so that you receive an interest rate of 11% instead of 14%. Over the life of the
loan you will end up
saving about $1,067 in interest - that's
money that stays in your pocket!
There are other ways to lower the interest rate on a
car loan after
bankruptcy - increasing your
credit score is just one of them. For example, there's another technique you can use to reduce the interest rate you pay on a
car loan after
bankruptcy - and it can save you up to $100s of dollars (or more). There's not enough room to cover it here, but it's a powerful technique if you don't have time to increase your
credit score, and need to
finance a
car immediately. I go into detail on it in After Bankruptcy Credit Solutions.
Now you know some specific techniques you can use to increase your chances of
qualifying for a
car loan after bankruptcy, as well as potentially reducing the interest rate you pay in the process!
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About The Author:
R. Lawrence Anderson is author of After Bankruptcy Credit Solutions, which shows individuals how to qualify for
credit and loans after bankruptcy. For details visit:
http://www.bankruptcy-credit-solutions.com
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