Saturday, November 8, 2008

Why Latinos and Hispanics take out Loans

By Ismael Gomez

Banks are marketing to Latinos and Hispanics communities. Little do they know that they are the same people.

One thing that remains constant is the way that Hispanics go about taking out loans. Hispanics take out loans for one reason alone, they have bad credit. That was not always the case because Hispanics used to do business with cash.

Look around, Hispanics are taking out loans like never before. They feel like loans are a deal because they can buy stuff right away and not have to pay for it upfront.

This is the same for Anglos. Anglos take out huge mortgage loans. The pitfall for Hispanics are the small purchases that make up monthly payments.

Every weekend you will see Hispanics going to the store and buying stuff on store credit. Anything from electronic store to furniture stores they walk out thinking they could what they just put on credit.

Just note that Hispanics push their spending limit by extending what they can afford, making minimum payments on everything.

But only a generation ago, Hispanics would have never thought of taking out a loan. Hispanics used to always pay with cash for two reason. 1. Some knew how to manage their money. 2. They could not put their cash in the bank since they were illegal so they kept the money under a mattress so to speak but sometimes that was the truth.

Now what you see is loan companies coming up because they are marketing to Hispanics again with they monthly payments. Latinos are falling for their methods.

That is why it is necessary to educate Hispanics and Latinos alike how to manage their money wisely. The loan industry is getting out of hand and Hispanics are becoming their number one returning customers. - 15224

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