Indeed, this is a bridging loan used for commercial businesses or borrowers using a bridge loan to buy an investment property.

Since each investment is unique, the nature of the lending is tailored to each applicant's circumstances.

There are since lenders will need to look at your exit strategy's strength as their primary decision-making factor.

Some niche regulated bridge loan categories are as below:

The criteria are much the same for any bridging loan, and the exit strategy is the most critical factor, with lenders considering:

• How likely you are to achieve the anticipated resale value for the property.
• Whether you have the expertise to carry out renovation or development work.
• If there is an agreement in principle for a remortgage exit strategy.

Other criteria include:

• Your experience in property investments or developments.
• What sort of property you wish to buy - unusual projects are higher risk.
• Credit history, and whether you have had any repossessions or severe credit issues in the past.
• How much deposit you have available. The minimum is usually 30% to 35%, but the more you can put down, the lower the rates you will achieve.
• The security on offer is also important - and how easy it would be to sell that asset in a repossession scenario.

There isn't a fixed maximum, but lenders will usually have a minimum. This value could be as low as £10,000 or might be up to £50,000.

If you have an existing mortgage and wish to take out a bridging loan secured against the same property, you will need specialist broker advice to negotiate this.

You can secure a bridge loan as a second charge, but this isn't common, and you will need a larger deposit.

Should you be using short-term bridging finance to buy a rental property, you will need commercial unregulated bridging finance.

Many investors use a bridge loan, to be replaced by a buy to let mortgage from the same lender, known as a bridge to let deal.