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mortgage and renting house out

Hello,

This maybe a silly question... but I am sure lots of people do this. We have had our current tracker mortgage for 6 years, which we are very happy with. We are contemplating moving abroad for a year, in this time we would like to rent our house out. I have a question regarding our mortgage, if we rent the house out, will our mortgage provider potentially have a problem with this as it is not a buy-to-let mortgage?

Cheers

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  • GMS
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    First thing to do is ask your lender for 'Consent to Let'

    You would also need landlord's insurance.

    If the lender refuse consent then you would need to look at changing to a Buy to Let mortgage
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  • GMS wrote: »
    First thing to do is ask your lender for 'Consent to Let'

    You would also need landlord's insurance.

    If the lender refuse consent then you would need to look at changing to a Buy to Let mortgage

    Many thanks for quick reply GMS!
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