Bridging Loan
A bridging loan is a short-term loan used to bridge the gap between the purchase of one asset and the sale of another, commonly used in the property and housing market.
Bridge, interim, gap, and take-out financing terms used before permanent property capital is in place.
Bridge, Gap, and Interim Financing covers construction loans, bridge loans, interim financing, draw schedules, holdbacks, hard-money loans, takeout loans, and development-capital terms.
Use these pages when a project is financed before completion, stabilization, permanent financing, or sale. It sits inside Construction, Bridge, and Development Finance, so readers can move up when the broader property-finance context matters.
Use the table below to choose the narrower mortgage or real-estate finance branch before applying a term to a loan file, closing record, servicing review, investor report, appraisal, or valuation model. Move into the term page when the document, calculation, party role, lien position, or property cash flow matters.
| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Bridging Loan | A bridging loan is a short-term loan used to bridge the gap between the purchase of one asset and the sale of another, commonly used in the property and housing market. |
| Front Money | Front Money is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk. |
| Gap Loan | A gap loan is short-term financing used to cover a temporary funding shortfall before permanent or expected financing is available. |
| Interim Financing | Interim Financing is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk. |
| Secondary Financing | Secondary Financing is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk. |
| Take-Out Loan | Take-Out Loan is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk. |
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A bridging loan is a short-term loan used to bridge the gap between the purchase of one asset and the sale of another, commonly used in the property and housing market.
Front Money is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk.
A gap loan is short-term financing used to cover a temporary funding shortfall before permanent or expected financing is available.
Interim Financing is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk.
Secondary Financing is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk.
Take-Out Loan is a construction-finance concept used to fund development costs, draws, inspections, and project risk.