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Buying property abroad mortgage dilemma

We are intending to buy an apartment in Austria.

My question is this, we have sufficient equity in our home to increase our mortgage and then pay cash for the Austrian property. Would this be better than getting a mortgage on the property itself, bearing in mind that it will be rented out for some of the time?

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  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    Doing it this way normally makes the whole process a lot easier and quicker as you do not have to get involved in foreign mortgage scenarios.

    However each client is different and some may want to take out a mortgage in Austria
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