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Need professional advice for your consent to let with Family Building Society? There are various implications when it comes to letting out your property with an existing residential mortgage - you should seek professional assistance.

Top Five Questions relating to Family Building Society consent to lease

  • What is the difference between consent to let and changing to a buy to let mortgage? What is the consent to let rate offered by Family Building Society?
  • I currently have a normal mortgage with Family Building Society. I have been offered a house as part of my job and would like to let out my existing home. The mortgage broker seems confident that it is straightforward process. Can you give me some information please?
  • We currently have a 5 year fixed term mortgage with Family Building Society that we're about one year into. Our circumstances have now changed and we wish to let out our flat for a year and move to another town. How do we mitigate the possibility of Family Building Society refusing to grant consent to let.
  • Following retirement in 2014 I acquired a “retirement home” for my wife and myself to move to. We would like to let our current property to our kids and I have consequently applied to Family Building Society for consent to let. I was just seeking a general view on whether Family Building Society currently allows it?
  • I am looking at moving abroad for work and would like consent to let from Family Building Society whilst I am away. Is the way forward to complete the consent to let form and send it off in the post to Family Building Society? The point of renting the property isn't to make money but to retain the property in case things don't work out
  • I am just finding out some information at this stage. My boyfriend has asked me to move in with him and i'm not keen to sell my property just yet. So now I want to know what I would need to do to get consent to let from Family Building Society
  • Do I require consent to let if I let to a family member (in my case my brother now lives there and contributes towards the Family Building Society mortgage)?
  • We would like to obtain consent to let on a house where we have a mortgage with Family Building Society. If issued, how long would consent be given for? In seeking consent to let from Family Building Society are we running the risk of them forcing us to change deal to BTL