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

Frequently asked questions relating to Scottish Building Society consent to lease

  • I’d appreciate your advice if you have had experience requesting Consent to Letfora year from Scottish Building Society or whether you know how such permission is obtained.

  • I need to change my domestic mortgage with Scottish Building Society to a consent to let and looking for some advice please... I purchased my first home in London in 2010. After a new job opportunity I moved to Dublin, and three months ago got a residential joint-mortgage with my boyfriend. I am inclined to stay with Scottish Building Society and seek consent to let rather than attempt to apply for a new mortgage elsewhere, but if Scottish Building Society refuse what lenders should I approach.
  • I am thinking of applying for consent to let from Scottish Building Society as my personal situation has altered. My stepdaughter was starting university and I felt we would move nearby and opted to buy a property as opposed to spend the money on renting. After having purchased the house I have fallen out with my step daughter and she is unwilling to live in it. Since the whole idea was for her and the house location is not particularly ideal for my work I would like to leave and let the property
  • I am a first time buyer in the process of trying to acquire a flat. However I am potentially also going to be moving abroad within the next couple of years. I have told this to my financial adviser who has informed me as long as nothing has been signed or confirmed you can go ahead and apply for a residential mortgage with Scottish Building Society. Once that's complete if it transpires that I need to move abroad he said can apply for a consent to let from Scottish Building Society. How would the property be treated for CGT purposes? From what I can tell there is some sort of tax relief if you have had to vacate your property to move abroad for work. is that right?
  • Just curious as to whether it is possible if you own one property with consent to let from Scottish Building Society, to purchase another with a residential mortgage to live in. Then once the consent expires on the first property, to switch to buy to let or sell it?
  • I was just looking into consent to let as it's something potentially I require from Scottish Building Society within the next year. Our personal situation has changed, and I wish to lease my property out
  • I have a mortgage with Scottish Building Society at present and just wondering about the processes of getting a 'consent to let'
  • My husband and I have a mortgage with Scottish Building Society on our garden flat in Hounslow. We are hoping to buy a new house and move in there. How do I move my current mortgage on to consent to let?