Anyone ever get a debt consolidation loan through CitiFinancial?
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In our area Citi Financial charges upward of 25% for debt consolidations. Higher than your higest credit card rate.
I would suggest you try a local bank first because at 25% you'll have a hard time paying the debt down in reasonable time.
If you buried yourself with the credit cards once, odds are that you'll do it again. Get rid of all of them or keep one and never charge what you can't pay off when the bill comes in.
Citi Financial will take whatever they can for collateral but they have no problem with a portion being unsecured. That's why the rate is so high.
Good Luck
Do you own a home? You might just want to refinance the property and pay off your car loan and credit cards. Citifinancial is a good company but then again they are a sub prime or non-conforming lender with their retail lending division. The nice thing about Citi is that you can pay your mortgage payment in their retail offices instead of mailing it in. It will not be late.
Your credit will determine the interest rate you will get on refinancing a property. Keeping open credit cards for a long time will hurt your score if you are not using them. What you should get rid of is department and retail store credit cards. Just keep 2 credit cards open for an emergency such as VISA and Master card.
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