23.03.2021

HOW DOES BRIDGING DIFFER FROM A MORTGAGE?

HOW DOES BRIDGING DIFFER FROM A MORTGAGE?

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The most important difference is the duration: you’ll often take a mortgage out for 25 years or more, but bridging is generally for 12 months or less.

The other noticeable difference (and not in a good way) is the cost. Mortgage rates at the moment are under 5% per year for most borrowers, but bridging tends to be 8% at the very lowest end – all the way up to 15% or more.

Those are the most obvious differences when you sit down and compare the two. But there are other differences too – and it’s these that allow you to use bridging in creative and interesting ways:

  • In general, bridging lenders aren’t bothered about your personal income – so you can get a bridging loan even with low earnings
  • Bridging lenders aren’t bothered about the rental income the property could produce (because it wouldn’t be unusual for the property to be empty for the whole term of the loan)
  • The condition of the property doesn’t matter so much. No kitchen, no bathroom, no way to keep the rain off because the roof is full of holes? No problem
  • And importantly, bridging finance can be much quicker to arrange: think weeks (in a pinch, days) rather than months
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VJ Financial Solutions are an Independent Specialist Consultancy, we provide Commercial and Business Finance support to SME clients throughout the whole of the UK. Whether your business is well…

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