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People approaching retirement are having to resort to equity release to bring down their debt levels, according to new research.

I have massive credit card debt. I don’t blame anyone but myself for this. However, the interest rates on the cards has gotten ridiculous. I have never missed a payment or been late, but my simple debt, meaning my debt to income ratio, precludes me from getting a normal loan or new credit card to which I could transfer some funds. All my cards are maxed out as well. Again, I could site the bad economy and poor job market, but ultimately I ran up this debt. The monthly bills for the CC’s alone represent a third of my pay. My debt to income ratio is 100%. Meaning that I make just enough money to pay my minimum payments. But at this rate, I will be paying my bills off forever. Are there any legitimate debt consolidation places out there that can help. My credit is extremely important to me, hence the reason I have never missed a payment or was late on one. I do not want to declare bankruptcy or do any kind of consolidation that puts a black mark on my credit. I own a home now, but because of the realestate crisis, I’m under water with that as well, so an equity line consolidation is out of the question. I don’t think that I am so out of the ordinary. I feel like I’m in the majority of americans suffering in this economy. So, can anyone help? Are there any hardship loans or consolidation services that actually help without hurting your credit score.
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My husband has a 40k student loan that we have to start paying off next month. Our payments are over 500 a month ( i don’t know how anyone is expected to save anything with that kind of payment). We have 10k of that money that we had in a CD that we will be paying back to try to bring down the amount. Is there any other FINANCIALLY SMART way to bring down the interest rates? I dont necessarily want to use one of those consolidation companies, bc it seems like a scam and i will be paying a lot more in the end. We are smart people with no other debts that just want to find the best way to handle these loans without falling into any traps.

Thanks for your advice.
no where even close to a million, he works in a grocery store. He went to grad school and it is extremely expensive here.

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Do you think that when interest rates rise that many Canadians will be unable to repay their debts because of higher monthly payments? Or do you think Canadians are better prepared then Mark Carney believes?

If you’re drowning in credit card debt, isn’t it time to do something about it? www.gnmagazine.org

Credit card companies are allowed to increase interest rates to over 30% if they want. They also determine that the consumer is a poor credit risk if they have high balances on loans without looking at the fact that payments have been made in excess of amount billed and on a timely basis. It also seems that when a person nears retirement age, most companies increase the interest rate to the extent that it cannot be paid by a person on a reduced budget. This forces the older person to either go to a debt consolidation company (which charges for their services also) or quit paying, with the risk of loosing any assets that they have accumulated. Either way, embarrassing, harrassing phone calls have to be dealt with. A younger person with no home can file bankruptcy and they have no permanent consequence to this action. I am 62, have paid my bills all my life and now all interest rates increased and I can’t make payments, even with debt consolidation. HELP-PUT LIMITS ON CREDIT CO.