Aspen Bridging completes £1.9m bridging loan for foreign national

By Bridging Loan Directory 3rd August 2020

A Chinese property professional has saved their £325,000 deposit on a newbuild London penthouse after delays in their term finance application, thanks to a 12 day £1.9m bridging loan from Aspen Bridging.

The loan, which was completed at a flat rate of 0.89%pm with no fees over 12 months, was secured on the luxury property near Albert Embankment.

The businessperson started their term finance application during the Covid-19 outbreak, however this caused delays which meant they were in danger of losing the deposit they placed in 2018, so a quick drawdown was a critical in securing the property.

The client approached Winston Hastroodi of Capricorn – appointed representative of Commercial Finance Brokers UK – who introduced the case to Aspen Bridging knowing the lender had a track record in rapidly and reliably completing deals for overseas clients.

Harry Baker, Credit Manager at Aspen Bridging, picked up the case and took the application from start-to-finish.

The business issued a fully-costed illustration within 15 minutes and a submitted post-search DIP in one hour.

Legals and valuations were instructed the next day following authorisation from the broker, undertaking was then received same day.

Meetings where then undertaken by Facetime the following day to update the client on how best to ensure swift completion.

Harry Baker, Credit Manager, Aspen Bridging said:

“We are fast becoming the go-to bridging lender of choice for overseas borrowers having built up extensive expertise in foreign borrower transactions.

Covid-19 is still causing disruption to normal practices, and this swift purchase would not be possible in the timescale without our agreed remote signing and witnessing agreements for international clients.”