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best way to borrow £80,000 for 9 months

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greenery
greenery Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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Hi. I need to borrow £80,000 which i can pay back in 9 months. I have savings bond that matures in 9 months but i can't withdraw it now. I am a home owner.. Any ideas?
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  • If you have sufficient equity in your home, talking to a mortgage company/your bank would be a good place to start.
  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    Are you going to be able to make any repayments on the loan during the 9months?
    A bridging loan? or remortgage your property?

    Do you have an existing mortgage on the property at all?
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  • greenery
    greenery Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    Tixy wrote: »
    Are you going to be able to make any repayments on the loan during the 9months?
    A bridging loan? or remortgage your property?

    Do you have an existing mortgage on the property at all?

    No existing mortgage. Don't really want to make any payments during the loan, but could do.
    Don't want to remortgage since it is only for 9 months
    Would a bank give me a bridging loan? What sort of interest rate would i be looking at?
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,639 Forumite
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    Don't think anyone can tell you if a bank will give you a bridging loan and at what rate, your best speaking to your bank.
  • Bridging loans are expensive. A mortgage would be far cheaper. If you get an offset mortgage you could offset it entirely in 9 months time when your funds come through to clean the loan.

    Talk to a broker.
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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    A bridging loan would quite likely cost quite a bit more than a mortgage over 9 months, its likely too long a period for a bridging loan to be cost effective.
    They are generally charged as a monthly interest rate, but the APR could be around 8% to 15% maybe.
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  • chalkie99
    chalkie99 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
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    Probably depends on the nature of the savings bond.

    I doubt if Coop Bank bondholders had any worries 9 months ago and then, without warning, the bank was found to be in trouble and the bondholders are the losers.

    No-one can really forecast what will happen in the next 9 months but the alternative media is full of scare stories which may have at least an element of truth in them.

    Speak to your bank and see how nervous they are about it and have a plan B in case you cannot access your funds.
  • chalkie99 wrote: »
    Probably depends on the nature of the savings bond.

    I doubt if Coop Bank bondholders had any worries 9 months ago and then, without warning, the bank was found to be in trouble and the bondholders are the losers.

    I'm not a financial adviser, but I don't think this is the same kind of bond that the OP is talking about. The Co-Op bondholders weren't people with savings "bonds" - these were corporate bonds, where investors were actually lending money to the Co-Op. There'd be no FSCS protection for that kind of thing.
  • OP What charges would be imposed if you got the bond money out early.
  • greenery
    greenery Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    OP What charges would be imposed if you got the bond money out early.

    I cannot take the money out, whatever. Its my fault, I did not realize this at the time.
    The money is safe, so I know I can have it in 9 months.
    Thanks everyone for the replies
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