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Question about buy to let mortgages

Hi

We own a property outright worth about £175K. We wanted to get a buy to let mortgage on it but am a little confused about legislation. We went to Barclays and they told us we needed to own the property for a year to be able to do it due to new legislation from the government. We cant find anything about this online however.
If we own the house outright with no debts on it whatsoever, and have done so for the past 6 months, do we really have to wait for a year? The mortgage we want is for £50K so not a high risk.

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  • VIGILANT22
    VIGILANT22 Posts: 2,516 Forumite
    See a whole of market adviser......Bank staff are very limited in knowledge and they can't think outside the box...Most lenders current lending criteria is to own the property for at least six months before being able to obtain a re-mortgage.
  • herbiesjp
    herbiesjp Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    Are you letting out that property then?

    Or are you raising money to buy a BTL property, but still living in the first one?
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
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