Freedom Debt Relief Sets New Record, Resolves $27.2 Million of Consumer Debt for Month
Monday, August 24th, 2009Freedom Debt Relief settled a record $27.2 million in consumer debt during the month of July, saving more than $16 million on 5,200 accounts for its clients. In the first seven months of this year alone, Freedom Debt Relief has settled $152 million in consumer debt, saving $88.5 million on nearly 30,000 client accounts.
The results that Freedom Debt Relief’s settlement team has obtained represent an average settlement rate of 41.8 cents on the dollar, or an average savings of 58.2 percent on settled debt (total client debt balances at the time of settlement, before program fees). In other words, FDR clients paid an average of just 41.8 percent of the total debt amount they owed at the time of settlement, saving millions of dollars.