buy-to-let

British

noun

(modifier) of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself

the buy-to-let boom

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It would use existing Green policies such as imposing rent controls, ending buy-to-let mortgages and giving councils the 'right to buy' a rental property when it is sold at a discounted price.

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She previously told the Post Office Inquiry in 2022 that her losses, including wages and the repossession of buy-to-let properties, was about £1m.

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"I lost the shop, the Post Office and then I lost buy-to-let properties as well."

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Surveyors cited a range of reasons for devaluing the property, including the location and too many buy-to-let investments.

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Patience Chinogureyi paid £51,000 in fees, deposits and furniture packs on two Phoenix flats as buy-to-let investments.

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