Hire Purchase
Representative Example
Rates from 9.9% APR, Representative APR 21.4%. Borrowing £10,000 over 60 months with a representative APR of 21.4% fixed rate, monthly payment £260.83, Total cost of credit £5,650, total amount repayable £15,750.Presto Finance Ltd is a credit broker, not a lender.
What is Hire Purchase?
Hire Purchase (HP) is a finance product that allows you to budget accurately thanks to fixed interest rates and monthly payments. With HP you are effectively hiring the car until the end of your agreement, when with your final payment you purchase it and the car becomes yours.
HP deals can be tailored to your requirements by simply adjusting the length of your agreement (usually from 1 to 5 years) and the amount you pay as an initial deposit. Typically, a deposit will be around 10% of the total value of the car; however, a 0% deposit may be an option.
With HP financing your new vehicle acts as the security for the finance arrangement, ensuring that any other lines of credit that you may wish to take advantage of remain open to you. Because of the flexibility of Hire Purchase, you are able to settle your agreement at any time, without financial penalty. You could also upgrade before the original arrangement is complete and a new payment plan will be organised for your new vehicle.
Benefits of the purchase:
- It enables you to purchase a more expensive car than if your deposit alone was used.
- It is simple to understand and arrange.
- The finance agreement is flexible and can be ended at any point.
- At the end of your agreement, you own the car outright.
- It is easier to get approved, especially if you have a poor credit score.
- The car acts as security so you are not closed off from other forms of finance
