A cross collateral loan may be suitable when your client wishes to leverage equity held in an existing security property, to support additional lending of a new home loan. For example:
- An existing home loan facility (Loan 1) is secured by Property A.
- Where there is available equity in Property A, your client could use a portion of this equity to help secure Property B under a new home loan facility (Loan 2).
Considerations for cross collateral loans
- The LVR for both home loans must not exceed 80%.
- A security property can only be cross collateralised once (e.g. in the example above, Property A couldn’t be cross collateralised again on an additional home loan (Loan 3) to help secure Property C).
- Both loans must have at least one borrower in common, including an individual as a director of a company or trust loan.
- Additional lending post-settlement via a principal increase application isn’t possible where a security property is cross collateralised. An internal refinance would need to take place.