How to Use personal loan in a Sentence
personal loan
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Just 4% said they would be forced to take out a personal loan.
— Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024 -
Try for a personal loan at a lower rate than your cards charge.
— Terry Savage, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023 -
And 15% took out a new mortgage, while another 15% took out a personal loan.
— Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023 -
Most of Burgum's fundraising comes from his own pocket with a $10.2 million personal loan to the campaign.
— Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023 -
Another option is to get a small personal loan, which would add an installment loan back to your credit mix.
— Liz Weston, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2023 -
This number accounts for a $5 million personal loan to his campaign.
— Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 17 July 2023 -
If a personal loan is your best option, be sure to compare offers from several lenders, not just your go-to bank or credit union, Kovar urges.
— Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023 -
Another option is to consolidate those debts by getting a personal loan, using the funds to pay off the credit card balances and then repay the one loan.
— Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2023 -
Debt consolidation loans are a type of personal loan tailor made for this problem.
— Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Another option is to look at potential forms of financial aid, such as 0% APR credit cards or a personal loan with a low-interest rate that can give you at least a year to pay off the balance.
— Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 24 Jan. 2024 -
In other words, there was no mortgage, student, auto or personal loan showing on their credit reports.
— Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024 -
Wilson reported having more than $2.1 million in his war chest, but that total includes a $1.2 million personal loan to his campaign.
— Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023 -
Markus Braun—who owned eight per cent of the company and was now a billionaire, on paper—had taken out a personal loan of a hundred and fifty million euros from Deutsche Bank, using his Wirecard shares as collateral.
— Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023 -
Rather than wait for a small adjustment in the months ahead, borrowers could switch now to a zero-interest balance transfer credit card or consolidate and pay off high-interest credit cards with a personal loan, Tayne said.
— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024 -
Borrowing money for medical bills: A medical credit card like CareCredit or a personal loan are two ways to finance medical bills, but both come with interest that can increase the total cost.
— Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2024 -
If America’s credit rating were downgraded, that could raise borrowing costs for millions of Americans, sending mortgage, personal loan and credit card rates higher.
— Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 May 2023 -
Establishing debit and credit card relationships with young consumers will position BNPL providers to expand—seamlessly and efficiently—into other personal loan categories, further cannibalizing banks and credit unions.
— Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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