Mae Use Of Remortgages Or Secured Loan To Buy A Property Abroad


by Lisa David


It is an extremely true that one person's loss is another person's gain. Probably it is even more real now than at any other time previously.

The credit crunch has been with us for over two years now, and it has caused many families to struggle with family income which has gone down due to various factors, including that most awful of human conditions, and that is redundancy.

It is not only the employed who have been affected over the course of the last two years. Even self employed people who ran lucrative business have been similarly affected.

Some of these directors were so well heeled that they owned second homes abroad in Europe.Due to the down turn in their incomes many have been forced to give up their homes in the sun and sell them at prices well below their market value.Those who fell behind with their foreign mortgage payments have had their properties repossessed, and the mortgage lenders are selling them even more cheaply than the second home owners were.

If you have always wanted a second home but thought that it was outwith your financial comfort zone you should think again. Property bargains will not last forever, and if you have always wanted a foreign property you should no longer put your plans on hold.

You can fund the purchase by organizing a foreign mortgage, and there are companies which specialise in them, but going down this route would mean that you would need a 30% deposit.

If you own your own home in the UK. you can organise a secured loan or a remortgage on your residence to raise funds to buy your second home. Secured loans and remortgages are both forms of homeowner loans secured on the equity of your property.

The maximum secured available is at the moment 100,000, although up until two years ago secured loans of up to 250,000 were available, all of course subject to equity, income and status.However in numerous areas of Europe nice properties can be purchased for that amount.

If a secured loan does not release enough funds so that you can buy the property you want, you can go down the remortgage route which allows you the equity of 90% LTV.

Buying a dream home abroad to give you wonderful holidays forever is a great use of a secured loan or a remortgage. You can even use part of these home loans as debt consolidation loans and save more money You can have your new home and also have arranged debt consolidation.




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