A let to buy purchase and mortgage means renting out your current home to buy a new one. You’ll remortgage your current home and apply for a new mortgage for the new home.
Both mortgages run together but might be with different lenders. You’ll use funds from one mortgage as a deposit for the other property.
It’s a way to become a homeowner while generating rental income from your current property.
The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate some types of buy to let or commercial mortgages.
To secure a let to buy mortgage in London, you must meet certain criteria. Your trusted mortgage broker in London will assess your circumstances during a free initial appointment to see if it’s right for you.
To qualify, you’ll need to show affordability, have a 10% deposit for your new home, and a 25% deposit for the let to buy mortgage. You can use released equity from your remortgage to achieve the deposit.
You should also generate rental income covering at least 125% of the mortgage payments.
Even with bad credit, you can still get a let to buy mortgage in London, thanks to lenders offering products for such situations. Your mortgage advisor in London will guide you through the process and ensure you meet the criteria for the right let to buy mortgage.
A let to buy mortgage in London is a variant of a buy to let mortgage, and the names may sound similar. A buy to let mortgage involves purchasing a property with the intention of letting it out for additional income.
With a let to buy mortgage in London, the scenario often arises with “accidental” landlords. These are homeowners who initially didn’t plan to become landlords but later changed their plans and decided to rent out their current home.
Instead of dealing with the stresses of selling their home and buying a new buy to let property, they opt to rent out their home, using the rental income to help pay off their new residential mortgage.
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
There may be a fee for mortgage advice. The fee is up to 1% but a typical fee is £495.
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To find out what investment goals are achievable, you are best speaking with a dedicated let to buy mortgage advisor in London.
During this appointment, your mortgage advisor will determine whether it is best to take out an interest-only let to buy or a repayment mortgage.
Our mortgage advisors in London search through 1000s of mortgage deals to find the best let to buy mortgage product that may help your investment goals!
We will then get your mortgage agreement in principle, which can be a great tool to support all the property purchase offers you want to make.
When your offer has been accepted, your mortgage advisor in London will submit your full mortgage application and forward any evidential documents to the lender.
During this process, your mortgage lender will stress-test your projected rental income to ensure you can afford all monthly payments, plus some additional costs.
Whether you are a new or existing landlord with several properties to your name, making it is important to recommend relevant insurances to cover you in times of need.
We will also contact you when your let to buy the mortgage needs to be renewed to make sure you are on the most suitable deal for your investments.
As a company, we always aim to make the process as simple, stress-free and jargon-free as we possibly can. To gain a deeper understanding of the relationships we form with landlords and the service levels they receive, please take a look at our genuine customer reviews. You’ll come to realise why so many choose us for their let to buy in London.
The process of obtaining a mortgage on a let to buy in London is never easy. We’re here to make the process as simple as we can. Our team have a lot of experience with mortgages for a let to buy in London, forming relationships with landlords who come back time and time again for their mortgage needs.
As an experienced mortgage broker in London with a long history of helping customers with their let to buy in London, we always work hard to ensure that our customers are well-guided and supported, all throughout their mortgage process.
We make sure that we keep up to date with the latest buy to let legislation and mortgage lending criteria. Doing this allows us to continuously provide our customers with accurate, reliable and appropriate mortgage advice in London. Your trusted mortgage advisor in London will be by your side from your first point of contact, all the way through to completion.
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