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french house

We have a home in France which we have no mortgage on. does anyone know if we can use this as collateral against a buy to let in England ?

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  • KiNeL
    KiNeL Posts: 37 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yes, but don't expect a high LTV ratio nor a cheap interest rate.
  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    There are a couple of lenders that will allow you to re-mortgage a foreign property to raise funds.

    Those funds can then allow you to put as a deposit/buy the BTL in the UK.

    However, the lender for the BTL would have to be happy with your residency status which you have not put down.

    This is quite involved and I would suggest going via a whole of market broker to make sure you do not trip up along the way, with the various lending criteria hoops that you will need to jump through
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