I've been thinking of getting a housing loan for quite some time now, but I have a credit card issue. Would my delinquent account affect my eligibility to get a housing loan and if it does, how long would I need to have a good credit record for me to be approved by financial institutions for a housing loan?
To apply for a UOB Personal Loan, you’ll need either a UOB CashPlus account or UOB credit card as UOB draws from your credit card limit. If you’re new to UOB, you can apply for a credit card and personal loan at the same time but note that terms & conditions like the fee schedule of the credit card will also apply to your UOB Personal Loan. UOB bank is one of the few banks that provide instant approval for personal loans for submissions between 7am to 8pm by new UOB customers.
UOB Personal Loan / United Overseas Bank
DBS personal loans are based on either your credit card or personal line of credit. Thus if you have DBS credit card or DBS Cashline and a DBS deposit account, you can apply through internet banking and get your loan processed immediately and credited instantly into your account. However if you don’t have a DBS credit card you can still get this loan, but you will have to furnish your income documents and obviously you won’t get the funds right away
DBS Personal Loan / DBS Bank
One can us the Citi Quick Cash for big ticket purchases and projects like home renovations while you can basically use the Citi Quick Cash for any type of expenses. On the other hand, you can also apply for a Citi Quick Cash to pay for urgent expenses such as medical bills, business expenses, unexpected repairs and much more. With Citi Quick Cash, the possibilities are in fact endless. You can also convert your unutilised credit limit to cash in your Citi Deposit Account in 60 seconds. A major plus is that you can get the cash on your terms and anytime on your mobile phone and repay with plans up to 60 months. No documents required and no hidden fees.
Citi Quick Cash / Citibank Singapore
With the Credit Card Funds Transfer, you can get interest-free cash in 15 minutes from as low as 0.7% processing fee (EIR from 2.83% p.a.) and also freely choose your preferred tenure of 3, 6, 9 or 12 months. Although they offer a 0% p.a. interest rate, this is valid for a Credit Card Funds Transfer with a 3, 6, 9 or 12 month tenure and is only applicable to the amount transferred pursuant to the application submitted in respect of this promotion. The prevailing interest rate of 26.9% p.a. applies after the expiration of the tenure indicated in the application form.
Standard Chartered CashOne Personal Loan / Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
Maybank does not exactly offer a proper personal loan in itself but its term loan is linked to its personal credit line product. You just need to sign up for CreditAble in order to cash your credit line using the Maybank CreditAble Term Loan but note the terms & conditions and annual fee however. In my personal opinion, the loan amount is small while the interest is high, so it may be best to avoid this one.
Maybank Personal Loan / Maybank Singapore
Although standard Chartered personal loan’s published rates aren’t that awesome, you still get a much lower interest rate as well as $199 cashback for loans of $1,000 and above if you apply through MoneySmart for your loan amounts of $1,000 to $250,000. Like most of its competitors, Standard Chartered Bank promises next-day cash. You can apply via MyInfo via MoneySmart to get instant approval and loan disbursement
Standard Chartered CashOne Personal Loan / Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
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Like in most financial institutions your bad credit record would definitely affect your eligibility to obtain a housing loan because it would be harder for those financial institutions to trust your capacity to pay off your debt. You need to at least have a clean credit record for at least 6 months before you get approval from financial institutions.