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The Property Podcast

ASK263: What are my options if the market falls? PLUS: Will high-LTV mortgages come back?

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

Business News, Education, News, Investing, Business

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ask Rob & Rob the guys are answering two questions that we’re pretty sure are on everyone’s minds right now.  First up this week we’ve got Joe.  Joe has bought his properties the opposite way round to most people. He bought a buy-to-let property first and is now onto purchasing his own residential property.  He thinks he’s got himself a good deal as it’s in need of some renovation, but he’s trying to weigh up his options because he’s considering relocating when the world returns back to some normality. He knows the obvious thing would be to sell the property, but he wants to know what other options would be open to him. Especially if the market falls and he ends up in negative equity on his property.  What should he do? Our second caller this week is Sassi.  Both Sassi and her partner are both working professionals in the construction sector. Before lockdown they’d agreed to purchase a property however they had issues with mortgages due to the condition of the house.  They managed to secure a mortgage product, but when it expired six months later due to the pandemic, the lenders revalued it and wouldn’t grant them a mortgage - they said the property would be better suited to a HMO.  As a result they’re now struggling to afford another property with the loan-to-value being so high compared to what it was at the beginning of the year.  So what Sassi wants to know is, will the stamp duty holiday restore the banks’ confidence enough to bring back higher loan-to-value mortgage products that first time buyers can benefit from? What do Rob & Rob think? Will higher loan-to-value mortgage products make a comeback, or are they now a thing of the past? Tune in to find out.   Do you have a buy to let or property investment related question for Rob & Rob? You could feature on the next episode by giving us a call on 013 808 00035 and leaving a message with your name and question (normal UK call rates apply).  Or if you prefer, click here to leave a recording via your computer instead. The next question on Ask Rob & Rob could be yours.  Have you joined us over on the Property Hub Forum yet? Our online community is friendly, informative, and the members are waiting to welcome you with open arms. So get yourself over and introduce yourself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Rob. And I'm Rob. And this is Ask Rob and Rob.

0:05.0

Welcome to Ask Rob and Rob.

0:09.0

If you listen to the show before, then you can take the next 20 seconds off.

0:12.0

If you haven't, then this is the show where we answer property related questions from two

0:15.5

listeners who've kindly sent them our way.

0:17.5

We do it every single Tuesday.

0:18.8

We've done it over 250 times and today is going to be no different. Really looking forward to getting into today's

0:24.0

questions but before we do you might have your own and if you do here's how to send it over.

0:28.4

Yeah please do by calling in on 013 808 triple 035 you can leave us a voicemail there we won't answer ourselves

0:36.0

or you can go to property hub dot net forward slash ask a super simple process

0:41.6

one that Joe has followed to a T.

0:44.0

Hello Robin Rob, first I want to say thank you for the podcast and the books.

0:48.0

I think they're fantastic and I use them for reference quite often.

0:51.0

Anyway, I feel I'm in quite an unusual position as my first purchase was

0:55.2

actually a buy-to-let property I'm now in the process of buying my own home and I

0:59.6

feel that it's a good price because it does need some renovations doing.

1:03.5

It's at the back of my mind and dependent on work.

1:07.1

Once the world starts going back to normal,

1:08.7

I may actually relocate.

1:10.6

If I was to relocate, what would my options be? I know the first option would be to simply sell.

1:15.0

But what would my second option be? I guess I'm thinking maybe can I be mortgage as a buy to let.

1:21.0

I presume it's okay if the market is doing well because any capital appreciation will help towards the LTV.

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