buy to let

Speech parts

1. buy to let - Noun

2. buy to let - Adjective

3. buy to let - Verb

Meaning

buy to let (third-person singular simple present buys to let, present participle buying to let, simple past and past participle bought to let)

(UK, idiomatic) To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it

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buy-to-let (not comparable)

(UK) Describing, or relating to a property bought as an investment, the purchaser letting it to others rather than living in it

buy-to-let (plural buy-to-lets)

(UK) A property of this kind.

Alternative names

buy-to-let

Examples

As a result, he has been unable to move from a standard variable rate, or to an interest-only buy-to-let mortgage, and is paying £700 a month more than if he could have switched. Source: Internet

However, he added that the impact of previous policy changes, such as additional stamp duty on second homeschanges to tax deductibility of landlord expenses and lending criteria, had dampened demand from buy-to-let investors over the year. Source: Internet

If buy-to-let landlords have benefitted at the expense of younger generations (and those landlords’ basic income needs are going to be guaranteed like everyone else’s), should they be fully bailed out? Source: Internet

What has happened to the number of buy-to-let mortgage deals? Source: Internet

Over-55s will be able to cash in their entire pension from this April, an opportunity that could tempt many to plunge their savings into buy-to-let property. Source: Internet

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