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Mortgage Refinance After Bankruptcy!
By Elizabeth Grant

If you are considering remortgaging your home after Bankruptcy, there are many factors to consider in the decision making process. Here we discuss some of the essentials topics that will enable you to decide if releasing equity from your home is your best option.

Becoming bankrupt

If you are in a bad debt situation and are thinking of declaring yourself bankrupt, then the first thing you should do is get legal and financial advice to make sure that this is your best option. Don’t leap ahead to thinking about refinancing after if you haven’t even decided if is the best thing for you.

Once you have taken the decision to become bankrupt, or you have been declared bankrupt by your creditors, you will need to take some time to deal with the immediate consequences of and work out your next moves. Think about what you want to achieve in the future. If your house has had to be sold, or part-sold in order to clear your debts, then you may want to look into mortgage refinance after so that you can see what your options are.

My options

If you have been declared bankrupt, but your period of has ended because all your debts have been cleared, you can look at your options for the future. These might include:

-Employment. If you were self-employed before bankruptcy, then you may want to consider being an employee. This can remove the stress of self-employed earnings and can also put you in a better position when it comes to applying for loans or mortgage refinance after bankruptcy.

-Debt. The experience of being declared bankrupt should have convinced you to take a different attitude to debt, and make sound financial plans, with help and advice where needed, to ensure that you don’t run into such big problems again.

-Restrictions. Expect some restrictions to be placed on you, even though you have been discharged from bankruptcy. Most credit applications will ask if you have ever been declared bankrupt and you must answer honestly. Your chances of getting a loan at standard rates may be affected by your for some time.

-Advice. Even after your period of is over, it is worth retaining some of the advisers you had to use. Not only will they know your financial background, but they should be well-placed to advise you in the future.

Getting Advice

If you are thinking about mortgage refinance after bankruptcy, then all the above considerations apply to you. A mortgage lender will want to know that you are serious about not returning to a position of bad debt and they will also be reassured if you are in full

or part-time employment. There will be restrictions placed on you because of your credit history and you will need professional mortgage advice to ensure that you get the best mortgage product for your needs. If you don’t already have a mortgage adviser, then talk to an experienced mortgage broker who can talk you through the mortgage refinance products that are available to you, and advise you on how to approach your application to get the best results. Whilst getting mortgage refinance after is a good idea, because it can give you access to lower interest rates than some other mortgage deals, you will need to take advice to make sure it’s the right route at the right time.

 
 
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