How vendor finance works — the buyer's guide
The mechanics of acquiring property via vendor finance: deposit, monthly instalments, completion, and how to underwrite the deal.
What this guide covers
- What vendor finance is
- How the deposit + monthly structure works
- How to underwrite the spread
- Risk management
- Comparison with traditional mortgage acquisition
- Tax treatment
- When vendor finance works and when it doesn't
Why this matters
This is part of Rapideal's ongoing investor education programme. Matched-only marketplaces like Rapideal generate off-market deal flow that you won't see on Rightmove or Zoopla. The topics in this guide reflect questions we hear from our investor network every week — the kind of underwriting detail that determines whether a deal makes money or doesn't.
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