Buy to Let Mortgage Issues
With house prices falling, many buy to let landlords may have to add extra capital into the homes under a clause in their mortgage contract.Both Bradford & Bingley and Birmigham Midshires, each with 20% of the buy to let mortgage market, require custoimers to top up their initial deposits if falling house prices mean their mortgage rises above 85% of the value of their home.
Analysts are now worried that this topping up of deposits will be the final straw for many buy to let investors who will be forced to sell their houses.
Under the terms of the contract, if a £100,000 home with an £85,000 mortgage falls in value by 10pc the landlord has to find another £8,500 to maintain the lender's maximum 85pc loan-to-value rate - even though there is still £5,000 of equity in the property.
This topping up of deposits is required at revaluation and there are 679,000 buy to let mortgages due for renewal this year and next, with many taken out at an 85% loan to value.
Rising mortgage rates will also affect these investors with many original mortages taken out at 5.25% - the current prevailing rate is 6.5%.
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