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Should You Apply For a Loan or Line of Credit?
– ratesupermarket.ca
Banks offer a variety of products to give you access to cash. But is every borrowing option the same? If you’re weighing the alternatives, you may struggle with the choice between a loan and line of credit. Only you can decide what’s best for you, but there are some factors to consider. Those include your personal spending habits and your plans for the extra source of funding.
What’s the Difference?
Once you’re approved for a line of credit, you don’t have to use it right away. The credit line is available for you to draw from as you need, but you’ll have to make regular payments on any balance. It’s considered a revolving form of credit, where you get the available credit back after you’ve made the agreed upon payments. Some lines of credit only require that you pay the interest on any outstanding balance.
A loan typically comes as cash in one lump sum. You pay it off in fixed installments. Once it’s paid off, it’s paid off…
