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What is bridge financing?
Homebuyers who already own a home often use the equity in their home for a down payment on a new home. (The equity is the difference between the current value of a property and the loans secured against it.) One way to do this is to sell the existing home first, then buy the new one. Another way is to use bridge financing (also called "swing" or "interim" financing).
A bridge loan is a short-term loan that is secured against the property that is being sold. One problem with most bridge loans is that the loan is usually due in six months. Six months may seem like plenty of time to sell a home. But if the market were to change, you could end up owning two homes for longer than you anticipated. So you should make sure that the holder of the bridge loan will grant you an extension if necessary.
Years ago a homebuyer bought a new home using bridge financing. She then put her home on the market. She was unable to sell it in time to pay back the bridge loan. In order to avoid foreclosure, she put the new home on the market. The new home sold quickly, but the seller lost a lot of money. And she ended up back where she started -- in the home she'd hoped to sell.
In order to qualify to buy a new home using bridge financing, you need to satisfy the lender of the bridge loan and your new mortgage lender that you are qualified to handle the temporary financial burden of owning two homes. Some bridge loans are interest-only loans. And some have deferred payments. With this type of loan, the interest payments accrue and are paid back to the lender when the bridge loan is paid off. This lowers the amount of your monthly payments and makes qualification easier.
To make it even easier to qualify, some mortgage lenders will give you credit for rental income on the home you're selling. In this case, you may have to provide the lender with a signed lease agreement. Be aware that fabricating a lease if the property is not really going to be rented can be considered lender fraud, a serious crime.
Most lenders won't give you a bridge loan for the entire amount of the equity in your home. The amount of the bridge loan plus the remaining balance on your mortgage usually can't exceed 80 percent of the value of your home. And if you already have a second mortgage on your home, you may have difficulty finding a lender who will give you a bridge loan.
FIRST-TIME TIP: Another way to create bridge financing is to structure the financing on the new home with a combination of a first mortgage and a second mortgage. You'll keep the first mortgage for the long-term. You can pay the second mortgage off when your old home sells. The beauty of this scheme is that most second mortgages have a long term; many are due in 15 years. So this relieves the anxiety of having to pay the loan off before you're ready. You will need to have at least enough cash to make a 10 percent down payment. Also, make sure that the second mortgage doesn't have a prepayment penalty.
Buyers who have a line of credit secured against the home they're selling often use that to provide down payment funds. Some lenders, however, have restrictions against this.
CLOSING: In a soft market, the seller may be willing to do bridge financing for you.
Dian Hymer is author of "Starting Out, The Complete Home Buyer's Guide," Chronicle Books.
