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tax relief on mortgage for rental property

I am about to buy an investment property as buy to let. I know that if I get a BTL mortgage I can write the interest off against tax but someone has told me I can do the same if I get the mortgage on my own house. Does anyone know if this is the case as I could get a better mortgage rate this way?

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  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    correct

    you can take a loan against your own residential property provided:
    a) there is a clear audit trail showing that the borrowed money was then spent on the rental business; and
    b) you cannot borrow more than the open market value of the rental property valued at the date the rental property started.
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