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Need professional advice for your consent to let with Better HomeOwnership (Mortgages)? There are various implications when it comes to letting out your property with an existing residential mortgage - you should seek professional assistance.

Common questions relating to Better HomeOwnership consent to lease

  • My husband and I bought a flat in 2012 for 175,500 with Better HomeOwnership. My husbands career requires that we move to Belgium and realise that I need to apply for consent to let from Better HomeOwnership. Do you have any experience of consent to lease from Better HomeOwnership?

  • Can you explain "consent to let" to me? I live in a studio apartment and its in good condition. It is on the market and I am struggling to sell. This is probably due to an longstanding feud with the guy next door. I have had to put it on the disclosure sheet. I am with Better HomeOwnership on a fixed rate. Someone mentioned I should obtain consent to let from Better HomeOwnership and lease the flat out.
  • I rented my house out for three years between 2010-2013 while living Amsterdam. I have a letter dated January 2010 from the lender granting consent to let. In the letter it clearly states that the consent to let is valid for "the remaining term of the mortgage". I have not changed product since the letter was sent. I now plan to move house and rent out my existing house. However, my mortgage advisor has suggested that the 2010 consent to let letter may not be sufficient for the new lender Better HomeOwnership for the house I intend to purchase.Can this be correct
  • We would like to be informed of what the policy is for Better HomeOwnership for consent to let. I have come across contradictory suggestions in relation to charges and rates. I need to move area for career reasons but can not sell the house due to a depressed market.
  • As a result of career opportunities I will be relocating to Wales and would like to rent the flat temporarily, please let me know what steps I need to take in order to obtain consent to let from Better HomeOwnership?
  • I have a mortgage with Better HomeOwnership on a three year fixed term contract. I may have an opportunity for a teaching position abroad in 6 months time. Would I qualify for consent to let by Better HomeOwnership were I to accept this job overseas?
  • Am I required to wait for consent to let to be issued on my prevailing residential mortgage with Better HomeOwnership before applying for a resi mortgage on a second property?
  • I took a standard mortgage with Better HomeOwnership. I purchased the property in March two years ago. Is it possible to get consent to let.