Direct Loans Fixed Rate Personal Loan

If you are a homeowner, you may get a lower rate through a secured personal loan using your property as security. If you borrow money using a mortgage as security you are agreeing that the lender can claim the mortgaged property if you fail to keep to the agreement. The risk to the lender is reduced so the interest rate offered is lower. This is why secured loans tend to be cheaper than unsecured loans and other forms of borrowing. The lender has the added benefit of security, which provides protection in the event of your inability to repay. Credit cards allow you to spend a certain amount of money at an interest rate that will be charged every month. The spending amount that is available to you can be seen differently. Some see it as an additional amount to spend, some see it as a 'risk free' borrowing opportunity. Credit card spending is not a 'free' spending opportunity, as you will need to pay this money back with penal interest added.