You both have debts, you both know it's time to tackle them and you want to do this together. But if one of you has a lot more debt, or a much larger income, or you own different assets, you don't have to have the same debt solution. A good debt adviser will help you look at what option each of you needs to get the best result for your family going forward. This article looks at some of … [Read more...]
DMP articles
This page and the following ones list all Debt Camel articles about Debt Management Plans in date order, starting with the most recent.
You may prefer to look at Debt Camel's Guide to DMPs. That has links to the most important articles, covering DMP advantages and disadvantages, the different ways you can set one up, things that can happen in a DMP and how to decide if one is the right option for you.
DMPs can be useful if you have a temporary financial problem for a few months or a year or two, or as a long term way of clearing you debts, but you need to be wary of DMPs that will go on for too long.
Settling old debts – ask for the CCA agreement
A reader asked: I have a Debt Management Plan where I still owe 17k to 10 creditors. I have been paying for ten years at £150 a month, so it will end in about 8 years. Most of the debts have gone from my credit record but a few are marked as “on a DMP”. I want to pay off the debts and improve my credit rating. I have been offered about 7k by a relative, so I could offer all my DMP creditors … [Read more...]
How does a payment arrangement work & is one right for you?
A typical payment arrangement is an agreement to repay a credit card, catalogue or loan in affordable monthly amounts. This is also called an arrangement to pay. You can ask for an arrangement to pay from the original lender or a debt collector. The key points are: an arrangement is needed if you can't afford the normal debt repayments; do not offer more than you can afford; ask … [Read more...]
What to do if a creditor won’t freeze interest
If interest is frozen on your debts, you will be able to pay them off much more quickly. But what if a creditor refuses to do this? Or has been adding interest and charges for years, even though you are in a DMP or they know you are in financial difficulty? This article has template letters you can use to ask the creditor to change their mind and stop adding interest and charges. And to ask … [Read more...]
4 steps to take if you lose your job
A reader asks: Help! I have just been made redundant and I don't know how I am going manage, especially as we have debts. I'm only getting a few weeks redundancy pay. What should I do? Every week seems to bring more news of businesses closing down completely or chain stores and supermarkets shutting branches. It's not just the big names like House of Fraser, Carillion and now Thomas Cook. When … [Read more...]
Harrington Brooks IVA & DMP clients are transferred
On 11 April the Harrington Brooks/One Advice group of companies were put into administration. They are a major commercial provider of debt solutions and the same day it was announced that their clients were being transferred to two Think Money brands: their Debt Management Plan (DMP) clients have been transferred to Gregory Pennington Ltd; their Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) … [Read more...]
Will asking for a payday loan refund affect a DMP?
Setting up a Debt Management Plan (DMP) is a great way to escape from payday loans and then you can also ask the payday lenders for refunds by making affordability complaints. But what if you are already in a DMP? Here you can still make affordability complaints. This article looks at some of the questions people have about this. Should my DMP carry on paying a lender if I complain? Yes. It's … [Read more...]
My DMP payment is too high
A reader asked if it is OK to reduce your debt management payments when you need to? This is a common problem in Debt Management Plans (DMPs). In 2019, expenses seem to be going up a lot more than incomes for many people. This article Number of household bills set to soar in April 2019 - we reveal how much more you could be paying looks at how bills such as TV license, mobiles, council tax … [Read more...]
Inheriting money when in a DMP, DRO, IVA or bankruptcy
What happens if you inherit money when you are in debt management or one of the three forms of insolvency: Debt Relief Order (DRO), bankruptcy or IVA? The answers are surprisingly different... Inheriting in a DMP This is the easiest case. Any money you inherit comes to you, not to your creditors or your DMP firm. It doesn't matter if the person dies before your DMP started or during your … [Read more...]
How F&F settlements affect credit ratings
A reader has asked how Full & Final settlements (F&Fs) would affect her credit rating which is currently looking good as her debts were all defaulted and have dropped off her credit record. A full and final settlement happens when the creditors agrees to accept an amount which is less that the total owed to settle a debt, and agrees that the debtor will not be pursued for the remainder. … [Read more...]
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