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HSBC Consent-to-let
Oxid8uk
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My partner and I are soon to be completing on the purchase of a property which we will have a HSBC mortgage on with a LTV of 80%.
My partner also has a property which he is currently trying to sell (we hoped it would sell before completing on the new property).
We want to rent one of the properties out short-term, and preferably would like to rent the new property out while we continue to try and sell my partners place.
I therefore would like to know if anyone has had any experience of getting consent-to-let from HSBC? If so, did you have to have the mortgage for a period of time before they would allow you to rent it out? And did they require a particular LTV or any fees?
When applying for the mortgage from HSBC they knew my partner had a mortgage on another property and therefore gave us a mortgage offer on the basis that he would still have that mortgage and that we could afford both payments.
I know we could call HSBC to ask but we are worried that if they refuse us consent that they will ‘keep an eye’ on us to see if we rent it out without their permission (which we might end up doing).
And before anyone asks, no we cannot rent my partners property out. His mortgage company does not do consent-to-let and would require the mortgage to be converted to a buy-to-let and want an extra £9k to bring the LTV down to 75% (which we do not have).
Any feedback/advice would be gratefully received. Thanks.
My partner also has a property which he is currently trying to sell (we hoped it would sell before completing on the new property).
We want to rent one of the properties out short-term, and preferably would like to rent the new property out while we continue to try and sell my partners place.
I therefore would like to know if anyone has had any experience of getting consent-to-let from HSBC? If so, did you have to have the mortgage for a period of time before they would allow you to rent it out? And did they require a particular LTV or any fees?
When applying for the mortgage from HSBC they knew my partner had a mortgage on another property and therefore gave us a mortgage offer on the basis that he would still have that mortgage and that we could afford both payments.
I know we could call HSBC to ask but we are worried that if they refuse us consent that they will ‘keep an eye’ on us to see if we rent it out without their permission (which we might end up doing).
And before anyone asks, no we cannot rent my partners property out. His mortgage company does not do consent-to-let and would require the mortgage to be converted to a buy-to-let and want an extra £9k to bring the LTV down to 75% (which we do not have).
Any feedback/advice would be gratefully received. Thanks.
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As far as I aware HSBC do not grant CTL without proper reason. Also are known to refuse customers from holding 2 residential mortgages with them.
For any lender to grant CTL. The property has to be owned for 6 months before an application will be considered.0 -
Hi OP, how did you get on with this? I'm in a similar situation.0
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