Can someone tell me whether a guarantor can be a business partner or friend? I'm told its got to be family! If so, what criteria do lenders place on a guarantor who is business partner or friend? What sort of equity do lenders look for in a guarantors property? Do you need full docs?
Yes a guarantor can be a business partner but in saying this the lender would expect their to be some financial or beneficial interest in the provision of the guarantee.
I am not sure I would want to offer my property as guarantee for my business partners home loan but everyone to their own.
If your partner is providing security by way of guarantee then most lenders would also want to have his first mortgage.
Yes you need to go full doc as otherwise it defeats the purpose.
Richard Taylor | Australia's leading private lender
Generally it is not possible to get a guarantor loan with the use of low doc. But there is a way in some instances to do this. What one should do is have the guarantor take a loan on their property, and lend it to you. This money loaned can be used as deposit. This means that your guarantor will be borrowing 20% of the loan while you borrow the final 80%.
Hope this helps!
Cheers!
John just to qualify the point you made in that case the parents are not guarantors but now borrowers.
Also neither of the mortgage insurers will accept a 80% lodoc loan where the 20% deposit has been borrowed or gifted.
Richard Taylor | Australia's leading private lender
Use of a guarantor does not ensure that a loan application will go through, because the guarantor is considered part of the loan application, and his or her credit will be evaluated along with the other applicants. If the lending institution feels that the guarantor cannot make good on the debt, they will not approve the loan. When seeking out a guarantor, it is important to keep this in mind.
Use of a guarantor does not ensure that a loan application will go through, because the guarantor is considered part of the loan application, and his or her credit will be evaluated along with the other applicants. If the lending institution feels that the guarantor cannot make good on the debt, they will not approve the loan. When seeking out a guarantor, it is important to keep this in mind.
Most of the lenders will require the guarantor to be a family member but CBA will allow non family members on a case by case basis. Full doc only. Overall LVR needs to be less than 80%.
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One way around this is to buy in a trust with the guarantor a beneficiary – may not suit your circumstances tho.
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