Q My girlfriend and I are thinking of buying our first property together (neither of us have bought or owned property before). But we are thinking of moving abroad in a few years’ time and keeping the property here and renting it out. We may from time to time move back here for a year, live in the property and then move back abroad and rent it out again.
We hear that we would need to change the mortgage to buy to let. Is that necessary? Is it easy to do? What are the implications of doing this? MT
A You won’t necessarily have to change your mortgage to a buy to let if your lender is prepared to offer you its consent to let. If it does, then you stick with the mortgage you have when you move abroad (or wherever) and are able to let your
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