Getting a Mortgage with an IVA

An IVA can have impacts on your ability to save and to borrow. Unlike bankruptcy, an IVA does not affect your ability to borrow money for a mortgage or to refinance your mortgage. An IVA allows you to keep your property for as long as you make the required payments.

An IVA mortgage refers to the process of re-financing your current mortgage. In many cases when filing the IVA paperwork there will be a clause in there stating that a refinance cannot take place for a number of years. The clause can also require a refinance after a certain amount of years, usually 4, that will require the equity in the home go directly towards paying off the rest of the IVA loan. An IVA restricts your ability to re-finance whenever you want, but you can still receive a good loan on an IVA mortgage.

Do you have an IVA and want to take out a mortgage? There is still an opportunity to obtain a mortgage even though you have an IVA. Typically your interest percentage will be high because of your credit risk, and a higher down payment will usually be required because of your credit risk. If possible it is good to wait as long as possible to obtain a new mortgage if you have an IVA so that your credit can recover appropriately. There are many specialists that only deal with IVA mortgages and this would be a great place to start.