Well in a word, yes. Having bad credit history (sometimes referred to as an adverse credit history), or even just one financial mistake in the past, can often lead to closed doors from the regular high street lenders – but don’t let this stop you from looking around, as this need not be the final outcome.
There are mortgage lenders across the nation, each with a huge range of mortgage types on offer, that will happily consider lending money to people with all sorts of circumstances, from all sorts of different backgrounds. As there is much more choice available now for remortgages for people with bad credit history, it means that the rates are often very competitive. Gone are the days of extortionate interest rates just because you have found yourself in financial difficulty. You don’t have to pay out for having an adverse bad credit remortgage. There are now many lenders that are only too happy to lend money to people that have a bad credit rating (these lenders are generally known as sub-prime lenders).
Perhaps you overspent over Christmas, and have found that the bills are just mounting up and you have not been able to pay all the instalments that were due this month. This can so easily happen, especially at times like Christmas and Holidays. Sub-prime lenders realise that it can often be just temporary circumstances that have led you into the situation of having a bad credit history, and they are still quite happy to consider an application for a remortgage.
You may well find that you are struggling to obtain a remortgage for many reasons, perhaps you have no proof of income, or you have County Court Judgements (referred to often just as CCJ's), Defaults, or even a Repossession threat – all of these might mean you might not fit the strict ‘High Street mould’. Even if you do fit the mould, but want to see what else is on offer, or achieve that dream situation of reducing your monthly outgoings, clearing outstanding debts, and perhaps even having some surplus cash to spend, there are thousands of mortgage products available to suit your individual needs. You just need to know where to look for the right advisor.
Once you have established that your credit history is not quite up to scratch, or you know that your arrears are piling up with your existing mortgage, and action needs to be taken – you need to start looking around for an advisor to help you find a remortgage for people with a bad credit rating.
You will need to find someone who will work with you and find you the best possible deal they can. Luckily in this day and age this does not have to be a firm who is based in the same town as you – many people find the service and deals they are happy with by using companies found from searches made on the internet. Of course it could well be that you may prefer to work with a local company and if so, then have a look through the local telephone directories and see who is around. Do bear in mind though that a local company may well be expert in finding mortgages for people with no bad credit problems, but not so experienced with remortgages for people with bad credit. It is important to find a company that specialise in sourcing remortgages for people with bad credit, as they will be able to find you the lowest interest rates and the best deals to suit your personal circumstances. This is best done via a search on the internet, as you have access to a much wider pool of expertise to choose from.
There are experts in the field of obtaining remortgages for people with bad credit rating, and they will be able to find you a remortgage deal that suits you and your bad credit history, so you need not let the fact that your credit rating is not all it should be deter you for applying for a remortgage for people with bad credit rating.
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Cat has worked in the Mortgage Industry, specialising in Bad Credit Mortgages for some years now. For further information on Remortgages for People with Bad Credit Rating, and also information about other bad credit issues, please visit our UK site http://www.cantgetamortgage.co.uk
