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Buy to let

Hope some body can help here

Our current property is paid for but we cannot sell and have seen a house we want the offer has been accepted so we are getting a buy to let on our old house to use a deposit on the new then rent out the old house.

Our solicitors has said she will need to do searches on our current property mining local authority bankruptcy etc but since we have lived at the adr for 20 years surely they are not needed

`i know they don't cost a lot but every penny saved helps

thanks
3.6Kwh PV System, Lg Panels , Growatt Inverter South Facing, 23 deg Roof Facing, Stoke on Trent

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  • GMS
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    The searches are for the benefit of the lender so need to be done.

    No searches, no advance of money.
    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.
  • No Lender will provide funds without the search. It is needed to ensure the property doesn't disappear down a hole and they cannot recover their money...
    Act in haste, repent at leisure.

    dunstonh wrote:
    Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.
  • Ok thanks for reply thought it might be that
    3.6Kwh PV System, Lg Panels , Growatt Inverter South Facing, 23 deg Roof Facing, Stoke on Trent
  • if you decide to over pay off mortgage to be mortgage free again (lovely thought am working towards it myself) Pay your main home mortgage off as you can offset the interes part of the buy to let mortgage against your tax bill

    Good luck :beer:
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