Bridging finance has an ‘important role’ when credit is hard to get
February 23, 2008 by admin
Filed under News, News-Loans
Bridging loans can play an “important role” during tough financial times, one financial expert has claimed.
Business Moneyfacts said that bridging finance is “ideal” for any situation where funds are required quickly and for short periods.
Bridging loans can benefit property professionals looking to acquire property quickly at a time when the number of repossessions is increasing due to the amount of properties going to auction, claims the firm.
Lee Tillcock, editor of Business Moneyfacts said: “Investors buying at auction have often used bridging because they are required to complete within a few weeks of a successful bid when conventional mortgages are sometimes unworkable.”
He added that in a financial environment where credit is difficult to secure, the bridging option can provide a short term solution while that “ever-more-elusive long-term mortgage” is finalised.
Meanwhile, figures recently released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that in 27,100 homes were repossessed last year.
This is the highest figure since 1999 and a 21 per cent increase on the number in 2006.


