This means the credit provider can sell your house to pay
the debt if the borrower defaults on their loan.
Not exact matches
Cosigner A cosigner
on a
loan is a coborrower and is obligated to repay the
debt if the primary
borrower defaults on the
debt.
However,
on the flip side,
if large groups of
borrowers weren't
defaulting on their student
loans, then there wouldn't be the need for any sort of
debt collection method, good or bad.
Borrowers can obtain money, even
if they have
defaulted on past
loans or have outstanding
debt.
If a
borrower is in danger of
defaulting on their
debt, a restructured auto
loan agreement can be helpful for getting their finances back
on track.
Extended
on credit, unsecured
debt presents a higher risk to a lender since - in the United States - there are no debtor's prisons and
if a
borrower defaults on a
loan, there is little that a lender can do about it except seek costly legal action and report to the credit reporting agencies.
If they become delinquent or go into
default, it's up to you to fulfill the
debt and take over their payments, effectively making you, the cosigner, the primary
borrower on a
loan that wasn't even yours to begin with.