Trading up query

pauseforthought

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Age:
33
Spouse’s/Partner's age:
33

Annual gross income from employment or profession:
€102,500 (plus bonus of up to 25%)
Annual gross income spouse:
€45,000

Type of employment:
private sector

Spouse type of employment:
public sector

Expenditure pattern:
We are both generally 'savers'

Rough estimate of value of home
€600,000
Mortgage on home
€97,000
Mortgage provider:
AIB
Type of mortgage: Variable 2.7

Other borrowings – car loans/personal loans etc
None

Do you pay off your full credit card balance each month?
Yes

Savings and investments:
€100,000

Do you own any investment or other property?
No.

Ages of children: 1 year old

Life/health insurance:
- mortgage protection
- health insurance
- company pension includes death in service

What specific question do you have or what issues are of concern to you?

We are considering "trading up" to a house which would cost €850,000 - €900,000. We have substantial equity in our home (approx €500,000) and a decent amount of cash (approx €100,000).

We would like to avoid having to first sell our home before we could buy a new home. Do any of the banks have a product which would facilitate this given that if we, for example, borrowed with AIB they already have our €500,000 of equity as collateral?

Also, do banks typically facilitate a person entering into a personal unsecured loan to bridge a gap in these circumstances? For example, if we had family that could lend us €200,000 would the bank be willing to facilitate the house purchase prior to the sale of our house? With a small child our aim would be to close everything together but we would rather not be hamstrung to have to sell our home first.

Thanks for your time.
 
i was in a similar situation, there is no product really. if you can convince the bank to give you a mortgage in addition to your existing one then thats your best bet. Ideally in that scenario you could borrow short term from parents or someone until you sell the original house.
 
No, unfortunately bridging finance is not currently available from any lender.

What you would need to do is apply for a mortgage for the new property, move and then after you've sold, repay the mortgage.

Or try dovetail a purchase and sale, which increases stress!
 
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