Buy to Let

A buy-to-let mortgage is specifically designed for the purpose of financing a property that is to be rented out. Mortgage lenders will look at the market value of the rent a property could attract as well as the borrowers income and credit worthiness when assessing a mortgage application.

The UK Buy-to-let mortgage market has expanded dramatically over the last 5 years, and lenders are now much more geared up to provide competitive deals.

When you buy a property to let out, you are becoming a landlord. And owning investment property is not owning you own home. Instead you are effectively running a small business.

Obviously, when you choose a property, you will need to ask yourself how much you can afford to pay, and how you will pay for it? If you take out a mortgage, you should work out the value of the property and the amount you need to borrow. Typically lenders allow people to borrow up to 80% and sometimes more of the property's value. The size of the loan is usually linked to the expected rental income. As a guide, you lender will expect your monthly rental income to be 25%-50% greater than your monthly mortgage payments.

Your property may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

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