Capital Raising

Need to raise a lump sum of money?

The good news is that there are plenty of ways to do it. The bad news is that it’s increasingly difficult to compare them all and find the cheapest way to get the funds you need. This independently researched and written website aims to cut through the confusion and explain all the key options. We give the pros, cons and costs of all of them.



The first choices will be the right credit cards and overdrafts – ideal only if you need to raise relatively small amounts and aim to be able to repay the money quickly. Personal loans are next under the microscope, followed by secured loans. Re-mortgaging – the most common capital raising strategy – gets the most attention at the end. So read on to find out more about all of them.

Neil Simpson is a former Personal Finance Journalist of the Year and writes regularly on property, mortgage and insurance issues for the Mail on Sunday, City AM newspaper and many other publications.