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Using rent to pay another mortgage

mrbonds
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Is this possible / feasible?
I own a flat fully paid for & I could rent out to for about £1600. Could I buy a small house for about £120k and just use the rent on the mortgage ?
Eventually the 2nd place would be paid for
I own a flat fully paid for & I could rent out to for about £1600. Could I buy a small house for about £120k and just use the rent on the mortgage ?
Eventually the 2nd place would be paid for
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The net rental income would be taxable.1
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mrbonds said:Hoenir said:The net rental income would be taxable.What 'difference' do you pay?You can possibly get a BTL (re)mortgage against your flat and in this case, AFAIK, the interest part of your repayments will reduce your taxable rental income.1
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grumpy_codger said:0
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mrbonds said:grumpy_codger said:It doesn't matter where it goes. If you don't work, only the amount exceeding your personal allowance is taxed:
Tax rates 2024/25: tax bands explained
Some expenses can reduce taxable rental income, e.g. the interest (not repayments!) on the mortgage for this particular property: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/income-tax-when-you-rent-out-a-property-working-out-your-rental-income#allow-expense
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The mortgage has to be taken out for the purpose of buying the BTL, it doesn’t matter where it is secured. So you’d be arguing that your mortgage on the new home is only needed because you are not selling your current home. I’m not sure the view hmrc would take on that. Better to get a BTL mortgage on your current place.
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mrbonds said:Is this possible / feasible?
I own a flat fully paid for & I could rent out to for about £1600. Could I buy a small house for about £120k and just use the rent on the mortgage ?
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You wouldn't end up with £1600 a month. You pay tax over the threshold, then you have to pay an agent (and you probably should a you don't seem to have any prior BTL experience), and the additional 5% stamp duty on the new place you buy.
Then when you factor in maintenance, service charges and complying with the legal requirements you will definitely not be in netting £1600.
If you got a BTL mortgage instead and used that to buy or part fund the new house you would be able to get a credit for the BTL mortgage interest, so you will save on the tax side.
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With no income, could you financially cover any voids in rent through having no tenants, or non paying tenants?
Whether you remortgage against your current home or BTL that's something you need to seriously consider.0 -
Emmia said:With no income, could you financially cover any voids in rent through having no tenants, or non paying tenants?
Whether you remortgage against your current home or BTL that's something you need to seriously consider.0
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