It may be unfortunate but it is true that more and more people are coming under the clutch of bad debt in UK. The reasons behind the pile of debt vary from person to person. Some people, particularly the youngsters, find the policy of ‘buy no pay later’ a flashy one. So they keep on using plastic money without caring about its result. At one time they look back only to see a heap of debt in their name.

Some others are there who do not have enough knowledge as to how to manage their personal finance. Inadequate or misleading information cause them to procure bad debt. For a fair number of consumers ill luck becomes the cause of building up unmanageable debt. It may be that they fall ill, meet with accident or lose their job. As a consequence they fail to pay off what they borrowed and the result is bad debt.

Whatever might be the reason behind a bad debt, the result is the same. Harassing phone calls from various lenders, sleepless night, a poor credit score, rejection from other lenders etc. etc. Being aware of all these hassles many people in UK use the method of debt consolidation to keep their debt within an easily manageable level. Some of them are using personal loans to consolidate various debts into one loan. Recently made research reveals that 23 per cent of those who have unmanageable debt thinking of converting it into a loan. Among them 31 per cent consider using personal loans for the purpose.

Consolidating multiple debts with a personal loan one can get rid of all the hassles caused by unmanageable level of debt. The interest rate will come down and he will have to make smaller monthly repayments. An extended repayment period and flexible terms will make his task of managing the loan easy. Thus merging his debts into a personal loan he can bury his debt fully. Personal loans are offered to accomplish any of the major personal need of the borrower. So, a borrower can use it for other purposes apart from debt consolidation. These loans are available both with and without collateral.