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The National Credit Act (NCA) came into effect in June 2007 and with it came the process of Debt Review or Debt Counselling.

The consumer applies for debt review at the debt counsellor or consultant. The consumer must know the debt review process and the cost that go with Debt Review process. Debt review will influence the consumer’s credit rating, but this is temporary while the consumer is in debt review. The consumer can opt-out of debt review at any time.

The fees must be explained to the consumer so that he or she knows the cost. Debt counselling can be expensive, but is far better than losing your house or car to the sheriff of the court. In the current market you will only get 40% to 60% of the value of your assets at an auction.

The consumer completes and signs a debt review application form after consultation with debt counsellor or consultant. The application form is called a Form 16. Form 16 together with supporting documents is handed over to the debt counsellor or consultant. All details must be completed on a form 16 so that the debt counsellor has the full picture. All personal details must be entered as well as a budget will all details.

The budget is very important to the debt counsellor to determine if the customer is over indebt or not. Supporting documents are necessary to confirm account name, account number, address and creditor details with amount outstanding and monthly instalments.

The details on the form 16 are captured immediately. All creditors will be notified in 5 business days or sooner with the notice form 17.1 that consumers is applying for debt review. The debt counselling application is now in progress. No legal action from creditor is now possible.

The debt review process takes 60 working days. The creditors have five business days to provide or confirm all the information on the in debt consumer. The debt counsellor will check the details he received from the consumer to see if the details are correct. The creditor is reminded to give feedback after five days.

Another 10 days grace is given to the consumer.

If the debt counsellor does not receive conformation from creditors, he may presume that the figure provided by consumer are correct. The debt counsellor will now determine if consumer is over indebt or not indebt.

The debt counsellor will now prepare a debt-restructuring proposal to the creditors. 25 days from date of application the proposal must be sent to the creditors. All creditors have 10 days to respond. If there is no response, the creditors will get a reminder and another 5 days to respond.

The proposal will be sent to the Payment Distribution Agency to start the distribution to creditors. That is the debt review process in a nutshell.

On 1 June 2007 the National Credit Act (NCA) came into effect and with it came the process of Debt Review or Debt Counselling.

Debt Counselling was introduced to provide a mechanism for solving the customer’s problem of being over indebt. Debt Review provides a conformable system of debt restructuring, enforcement and judgement, which places priority on the eventual satisfaction of all parties for the consumer commitments and oblications under the credit agreements.

The process of Debt Counselling (also referred to as Debt Review) was developed to offer a way out for consumers who cannot meet their monthly obligations under all credit agreements, after all basic living expenses have been paid.

Debt Counselling (Debt Review) can be summarised as a procedure where a person, who can no longer afford to meet all his monthly debt obligations, can apply with a debt counsellor to negotiate on his behalf with his creditors for reduced monthly repayments.  

When a person applies for debt counselling, the debt counsellor will evaluate his financial position in order to determine if that person is *over-indebted, on the grounds of the information provided. The debt counsellor will also inform the person’s creditors that he has indeed applied for debt counselling. The consumer’s creditors are then not allowed to take any legal steps for a certain period of time. This depends on the outcome of the assessment. The assessment of evaluation can take up to 60 working days to complete.   

Over-indebted means that the person does not have enough money left to meet his monthly obligations under all credit agreements, after all basic living expenses have been paid.

Should the debt counsellor determine that the applicant indeed appears to be over-indebted, he will commence with a procedure to inform all the person’s relevant creditors of his conclusion.  

The debt counsellor will then, on behalf of the applicant, enter into a process of negotiation with these creditors in order to negotiate reduced (more affordable) monthly repayments on behalf of the applicant.

The debt counsellor is allowed to charge certain fees as approved by the National Credit Regulator (NCR). The cost will be deducted from the monthly payments made by the consumer applying for Debt Counselling, when the application is approved.

Rummaging for the best thing that you want can be a tad arduous. The best remedy for this is mastering how to search adequately. Same as with purchasing foreclosure properties, and I know there are tons of people who are having hard time in looking for the best foreclosure properties. The following are some of the important tips we’ve acquired that could help in buying foreclosure properties.

The Invention that Would Help You
What’s the innovation that helps you a lot? Let me guess. It’s internet, isn’t it? Going to every building you’re curious of is no longer needed because of the great internet. Because of this, you can economize your physical strength. Plus, it’s really a huge help for those people who are disabled.

View site of county recorders so that you would be aware about the hot on their notices of default. Now what is a notice of default? It is the first kind of notice released in foreclosure proceedings.

Browsing site that has foreclosure listings is also one of the alternatives. Here, you’ll be alerted regarding the foreclosure properties that are about to be put on sale either at a trustee sale or at a public auction.

The Faster, the Better
You’re not the only person who’s looking for foreclosure properties, so expect that there will be a lot of people who might be the first one to get the foreclosure property you want. Now what do you need to do in order to avoid that? Once you’ve known that a house is on pre-foreclosure status, work as fast as you can so that you’ll have an assurance that you’ll be the person to get the house. If you already have money, buy it as soon as possible so that it won’t reach the trustee sale or public auction.

Qualification
Be sure that your financial condition is good. You should be approved on the loan you’re borrowing. If you are already sure that you have the money, there will be more possibility that you’ll be the one to get the foreclosure properties you want to have. There are a lot of people who have done reservation for diverse foreclosure properties but in the end, they are not able to get it just because of their financial condition.

Usually, qualifying for a loan takes two to three weeks so you need to start early for the application.

Help from a Valuer
Naturally , there are only a few people who know the facts concerning foreclosure properties. And if by this point, you don’t know what it is, I suggest you hire a qualified valuer who would help you on understanding some matters that you need to deal with.  But, asking for help from a valuer doesn’t mean that you don’t need to think anymore. Remember, the valuer is just there to assist you. The final decision will still come from you.