Bridge Loan Financing in Vermont (VT)
Buy your next home before you sell your current one. AFC's bridge loans in Vermont let you tap your equity and make a strong, non-contingent offer, without waiting for your sale to close. Serving Burlington and Chittenden County, Montpelier, Rutland, Stowe, Brattleboro, and all of Vermont, from the same team that writes bridge loans in Connecticut.
Buy Your Next Home First: Here’s How
A bridge loan unlocks the equity in your current home so you can buy your next one before you sell. You get your buying power now, move once, and pay the loan off when your current home sells, up to 12 months later.
- Make an offer with no home-sale contingency
- Pay the loan off when your current home sells, on your timeline
- We underwrite and close in-house: decisions in days, not weeks
No obligation and no credit pull to see your options.
90 bridge loans funded · median 59 days to payoff · 0 defaults
Most Vermont bridge lenders you'll find are investor-only. AFC funds owner-occupied bridge loans from its own fund.
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No SSN · No hard credit pull · ~2 minutes · NMLS #2801
Where we lend: Chittenden County (Burlington, South Burlington, Essex, Williston, Shelburne), plus Washington, Addison, Rutland, Windsor and Windham counties and the ski towns where second-home cash competes with local buyers. AFC Mortgage Group is licensed in Vermont (NMLS #2801). Your closing attorney confirms the transfer-tax figure for your purchase; we put it in your cash-to-close before you commit.
Vermont is a small, tight market: inventory in Chittenden County stays thin, well-priced homes go under contract fast, and sellers can afford to skip an offer that hinges on another sale. Closings run through attorneys, and Vermont’s property transfer tax is paid by the buyer at closing (with a reduced rate on the first portion of a principal residence). A bridge loan lets you make a non-contingent offer on the next house, close on your timeline, and sell your current home with up to 12 months of room instead of a rushed listing.
Bridge Loans in Vermont: What’s Different Here
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First, who is actually funding your loan. Then the one question everyone asks.
Buy Your Next Home Without Waiting to Sell
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Up To 12 Months To Sell Your Current Home
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What Is a Bridge Loan?
A bridge loan is short-term financing that lets you buy your next home before you've sold your current one. AFC lends against the equity in your existing home, up to 80% of its value, so you can make a strong, non-contingent offer, move on your timeline, and sell your old home without the pressure of a deadline. Because we lend our own money in-house, you get fast answers and can be funded in 10–15 business days after approval.
Once your current home sells (you have up to 12 months, with no prepayment penalty), you simply pay off the bridge loan. No double mortgages hanging over you, no rushed sale, and no losing your dream home because your offer had a sale contingency.
How Buy Before You Sell Works in Vermont
1. Tell us about both homes
Share your current home, your rough mortgage balance, and the home you want to buy. No SSN and no hard credit pull to see your options.
2. We structure your bridge
AFC lends its own money and sizes short-term bridge financing against the equity in your current home (up to 80% CLTV), with an answer in days, not weeks.
3. Buy your next home and move once
Get funded in 10–15 business days after approval and make a strong, non-contingent offer. Vermont closings typically run through a closing attorney or title company, and our Approval Team works directly with them to hit the date. No selling first, no renting in between, no moving twice.
4. Sell, pay off the bridge, done
Sell your current home on your timeline: you have up to 12 months. Interest accrues only while the loan is open, and there's no prepayment penalty.
What a bridge loan actually costs: every line
We’d rather you see the whole number here than on a Loan Estimate three days before closing. Here is every line on a $400,000 bridge toward a $600,000 Chittenden County home, paid off when the old home sells four months later.
| Line | What it is | On a $400,000 bridge (illustrative) |
|---|---|---|
| Flat fee | Attorney, processing and closing on our side. Vermont closings run through a closing attorney or title company. That settlement work is inside this number, not on top of it. One flat number, not a percentage of the loan. | $3,200 |
| Origination | 2.5% of the loan amount, charged at closing. This and the flat fee are the only AFC charges. | $10,000 |
| Interest | Accrues daily while the old home is listed: no monthly payment. Paid when the old home sells. At an illustrative 12% (1% per month) and a 4-month sale: | ~$16,000 |
| Wire fee | Sending your funds to the closing table. | $50 |
| Appraisal | Third-party, on the home being pledged. | ~$500–700 |
| Recording | Paid to the town clerk to record the lien. | ~$100–200 |
| Prepayment penalty | None. Sell in month 2, pay interest for month 2. | $0 |
| Monthly payment while listed | Nothing is due until the old home sells. | $0 |
| All-in on this example | Everything above, settled at closing and at payoff. | ~$30,000 |
Illustration only. The 12% rate is an example; your rate depends on the loan, the property and your file. Interest accrues for the days the loan is outstanding and is paid at payoff. Third-party costs are estimates. This is not an APR quote; see the representative example in the disclosures at the bottom of this page. One Vermont-specific line to plan for: Vermont’s property transfer tax is paid by the buyer at the purchase closing, so it lands on the new home, bridge loan or not. The rate depends on the price and whether the home will be your principal residence. There is no transfer tax on the bridge loan itself.
- How it pays off: the old home sells, the bridge is paid at that closing, and you’re left with one normal mortgage on the new home.
- What you need: a home in Vermont with some equity (you don’t need a mountain; most of our borrowers still have a mortgage on it), credit that qualifies for the new mortgage, and a plan to list.
- What you don’t need: to sell first, to write a contingent offer, or to move twice.
Real bridge loans, real exits
- 90 bridge loans funded · 59 paid off in full
- Fairfield County, CT: $112K bridge, paid off in 16 days
- Watertown, MA: $825K bridge, in and out in two months
Run your numbers
Plug in your home value, what you owe and your next price. See your bridge amount, the full cost at the pricing above, and a side-by-side with a HELOC.
Why Choose an AFC Bridge Loan?
Buy Before You Sell
Make an offer on your next home without waiting for your current one to sell.
Non-Contingent Offers
Compete like a cash buyer. Sellers take you seriously when your offer isn't contingent on a sale.
Up to 80% CLTV
Access up to 80% of your current home's value to fund your down payment and more.
Funded in 10–15 Business Days After Approval
We lend our own money in-house, so you move fast when speed wins the deal.
Up to 1 Year to Sell
Sell your current home on your timeline, then pay off the bridge. No rush, no fire sale.
One Local Team
From bridge to permanent financing, AFC handles it all in-house. A real person, always.
No Pre-Payment Penalty
Pay it off the day your home sells, even if that's just a month later. You only pay interest for the time you actually use the loan. No penalties, ever.
Is a Bridge Loan Right for You?
Move-Up Buyers
Trading up to a bigger home but need your current equity to make it happen.
Competitive Markets
Need a non-contingent offer to win in a tight, fast-moving market.
Timing Mismatches
You found the perfect home before your current one is sold.
Equity-Rich Owners
You have significant equity in your current home to leverage.
Downsizers
Buying your next chapter before listing the family home.
No Double Moves
Skip renting in between and avoid moving twice.
But what if my current home doesn’t sell?
The #1 worry for every move-up buyer: here’s the honest answer.
You get up to 12 months.
Most Vermont homes priced right sell in weeks. But you’re not on the clock: you get up to a full year to sell, never a fire sale.
You only pay short-term interest.
No two mortgages for years. Interest on the bridge accrues over the short window between buying and selling. Nothing out of pocket while it’s open.
If it runs long, we work the plan with you.
If your sale takes longer, your AFC team, including the Approval Team on your loan, walks your options through with you. A real person, every step.
The bigger risk isn’t a slow sale. It’s losing the home you love to a cash buyer with a contingent offer.
Bridge Loan: Frequently Asked Questions
What can I use a bridge loan for?
Do I have to sell my current home first?
Do you lend your own money? How fast can you close?
How long is the term, and is there a prepayment penalty?
What is the bridge loan secured against?
What does a bridge loan cost?
Is the interest charged only while the loan is outstanding?
How much can I borrow?
What will I actually walk away with?
Will this affect my credit?
What's the first step?
What if my current home doesn’t sell right away?
Can I afford to carry the bridge?
Is a bridge loan risky?
Bridge Loan Financing Across Vermont
AFC Mortgage Group originates bridge loans across Vermont, including Burlington, South Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland, Stowe, Brattleboro, and surrounding communities. Whether you need to buy before you sell or want to make a non-contingent cash offer, you can apply for a bridge loan, get an answer in days, and be funded in 10–15 business days after approval. Because we lend in-house, you get a fast bridge loan decision without waiting on an outside bank.
Buying or selling across state lines? We also write bridge loans in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and New Jersey. And if your goal is the strongest possible offer, our Cash Offer Program turns your equity into a cash-backed, non-contingent offer.
Real bridge loans, real exits
90 bridge loans funded, 59 already paid off. Real borrowers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and beyond, and most of them sold and paid us off well inside the 12-month term. The measure of a bridge loan is not the loan; it is how cleanly it ends. Three recent AFC files, anonymized:
In and out in 16 days
Situation: buyer needed to close on a $580K home before their current house sold. Structure: $112K bridge. Timeline: paid off 16 days later when the old house closed. Outcome: the fastest kind of bridge. It did its job in two weeks and got out of the way.
Watertown, MA: in and out in two months
Situation: buyer needed to close on the next home before their Watertown house sold. Structure: $825K bridge. Timeline: funded in November, paid off in January when the Watertown house closed. Outcome: a clean, non-contingent offer on the new home, and the sale paid us off two months later.
Hyde Park (Boston): six months of room
Situation: a Boston homeowner needed time to finish and sell before the next step. Structure: $132K bridge. Timeline: funded in February, paid off in August. Outcome: six months of breathing room, and the sale paid it off well inside the 12-month term.
Amounts, dates, and timelines are from closed AFC loan files; personal details removed. Every loan is different; these show how ours tend to end.
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See your bridge loan options in about 2 minutes. No SSN required to start. A real person picks up the phone, always. Selling in Connecticut instead? See our bridge loans in Connecticut page.
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