I’m eventually wanting a mortgage. I’ve got a first time buyer ISA with £1400 in - I’m not using this to pay off my debts, I know it would make sense to but I like having it there for emergencies as I have no one in my life to borrow from in an emergency.
I have:
£250 overdraft, I will be at the max of that by payday.
£697 on a credit card
£117 on PayPal credit.
I’ve been trying to chip away at it all but for the last few months it’s stayed roughly the same so obviously isn’t working.
My options seem to be an £1100 loan for 12 months paying £103 a month. This would be affordable and it would then be my only debt and it would come out automatically, I could even over pay to clear it quicker. I would immediately close all the other accounts once paid.
Extend my overdraft to £1000, close the other two accounts and reduce it by £100 a month, I would pay interest each day that I am in it but it isn’t a new account and therefore damaging my credit.
I’ve got my debts down from £10,000 but just can’t shift this last bit.