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While thousands of people apply for loans each day, few know that loans fall into one of two categories: secured and unsecured. While the vast majority of loan applications are for Personal Unsecured Loans, secured loans are an important part of a person's credit rating – and most everyone will want one at some point in his or her life.

Secured personal loans got their name by the way they are repaid. Like any other loan, there are monthly payments; however, these repayments are guaranteed by the bank's possession of a tangible object. As most secured loans are for cars or homes, these objects are most often the title to the car or the deed to the house. If the loan is not repaid, the car can be repossessed and the house foreclosed upon.

There are also short-term secured personal loans available. These are cash advances against your paycheck or against the title of your car. They are secured by either a post-dated check (for a payday advance) or the title of your car (for a car title loan.) If the loan is not repaid, the check is cashed (potentially over drafting your bank account) or the car is repossessed, as with a title loan you are taking the money out against the value of your car's title.

Repaying secured personal loans can actually be a bit easier than other loans. Because the loan is made for a set amount, rather than open-ended as many lines of credit are, there is a set payment amount made every month. In addition, the loan has a fixed interest rate, allowing each payment to remain the same throughout the term of the loan. This allows people to better arrange their monthly budget around payments and other costs.

While not all monetary needs are viable for secured personal loans, these loans are excellent choices for long term lending on larger purchases.

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