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Mortgage / rental property - need advice

We currently own a 2 bedroom flat in Barons Court on an interest only mortgage but would like to rent it out and buy a house outside London.

We have approx £130k equity on our flat and my questions are:

1. Is the equity on our flat taken into consideration as
?collateral when we go for a second mortgage?

2. Would we need to change our current mortgage to a "buy to let" mortgage?

3. Finally, would we still need a cash deposit to buy the house?

Any help / advice you can give is much appreciated. Thank you

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    Fifitrix17 wrote: »
    We currently own a 2 bedroom flat in Barons Court on an interest only mortgage but would like to rent it out and buy a house outside London.

    We have approx £130k equity on our flat and my questions are:

    1. Is the equity on our flat taken into consideration as
    ?collateral when we go for a second mortgage?

    2. Would we need to change our current mortgage to a "buy to let" mortgage?

    3. Finally, would we still need a cash deposit to buy the house?

    Any help / advice you can give is much appreciated. Thank you

    1. No
    2. You would need a Buy to Let or get Consent to Let from current lender
    3. Yes

    May be possible to raise some cash on the flat if doing a Buy to Let remortgage in order to fund a deposit for the purchase
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