Consent to Let - Mortgage Express Requirements

All lenders have their own requirements when it comes to consent to let. This page sets out to enlighten residential conveyancing firms on the Mortgage Express conveyancing panel where their non-lender client proposes to rent out their property. Lawyers should still check the UK Finance handbook requirements for Mortgage Express. The information on this page Is not to be read as buy-to-let legal advice but is restricted to situations where the borrower will need consent to let from Mortgage Express.

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Mortgage Express requirements state that if in advance of completion of the conveyancing retainer, the borrower informs you of an intention to let the property you should advise the borrower that any letting of the property is prohibited without prior consent to let from Mortgage Express. If the borrower wishes to let the property after completion then an application for consent to let should be made to Mortgage Express by the borrower.

The application for consent to letting should be made to:

The above information is in relation to properties in England and Wales.

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Consent-to-let requirements differ from the Mortgage Express buy-to-let requirements.

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