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Personal Contract Purchase vs Hire Purchase Finance

Personal contract purchase (PCP) and hire purchase (HP) are the two most popular agreement types when it comes to buying a vehicle on finance. Both allow you to borrow the entire sum of money necessary to purchase your car, but with HP finance, you will need to pay back the total amount borrowed, whereas with PCP, you will only have to pay for the vehicle’s depreciation. From this, you may think the choice between PCP and HP is an obvious one, but there are advantages and disadvantages to each.

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Smile's Top Tips for Improving Your Credit Score

The most frustrating thing that can happen when you apply to buy a car on finance is finding out that you have a bad credit rating. Some finance providers will turn away people with poor credit and those which don’t will charge a much higher rate of interest. For this reason, you should try to keep an eye on your credit score.

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What is Hire Purchase (HP) Finance?

Hire Purchase (HP) finance makes paying for a car a lot more manageable, because rather than buying the vehicle upfront for a large sum, you will be able to split the cost into much smaller monthly instalments. Effectively, you will be hiring the car until your contract is over and you have made all of the repayments. After this, the car is yours to keep or sell on.

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Your Car Finance Questions Answered

Assessments of applicants? incomes are completed individually to determine whether they are eligible for the loan or not. Those who are self-employed or have a substantial amount of assets will be able to get loans as long as they give legitimate evidence to show that they are able to repay the loan at the permitted rate.

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What is GAP Insurance?

GAP (Guaranteed Asset Protection) insurance, covers you if you are unlucky enough to have your vehicle written-off in a road collision or if your car is stolen and not recovered. It reduces the risk of you having to make insurance repayments when the car is no longer in your possession due to unforeseen circumstances.

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