Finding a bad credit refinance for your home

With the downturn in the property market still pushing down prices, refinancing your home may prove difficult. Many people who have lots of debt and negative equity should give up their battle with lending institutions and simply send the keys back to their lenders. It probably would prove much better for those individuals in the long run.

If your one of the people that is past the point of no return with your finances, go rent a house and declare bankruptcy. This will change your life and let you get back on your feet. Once you have bad credit, it won’t go away for years, so at best you will be sub prime for a long time. Being discharged from bankruptcy within a year will put you in a far better position to borrow in the future.

If you are lucky and with today’s prices you still have around 30 or 40 percent equity in your home, even with some quite heavy adverse credit, a bad credit refinance is quite possible.
If you have bank statements and wage slips pro ving that you can afford your new mortgage, you will find a lender that will give you the refinance. The days of mortgages around bank of England base rate have long gone and with base rates so low, its still likely that you may be paying around 6.5% APR for a subprime mortgage. It’s more important than ever now to make sure you pay all your bills on time as lenders are looking more at your credit history and are frowning on consumer buying financed by equity removal.