9 Crown Row, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TH
Liam McDonnell
Lettings Valuer
Liam attended school locally in Ascot and began his career in estate agency aged 18 in the Bracknell area. He has gone on to gain experience within the Maidenhead, Reading and Wokingham markets too. Building relationships is what Liam enjoys the most in his role, which gives him the opportunity to meet and help all kinds of people. Away from work, Liam enjoys playing football throughout the week and for a local Bracknell team on a Sunday (some say the next Sunday League Pirlo).
The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is…
The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.
Top of my bucket list is…
To travel around America and Australia.
On Sunday mornings, you can usually find me…
On a football pitch in all weathers – potentially a little jaded from the night before.
My guilty pleasures are…
Watching Super Sunday and the F1 whilst devouring a takeaway. Highly recommended.
The thing I like best about my job…
Helping and advising landlords on how to make the process of letting their property as stress-free as possible, and assuring tenants throughout the process so that it becomes an enjoyable and exciting experience.
The person I’d most like to go for a drink with is…
Sir Alex Ferguson.
21 Nov 2017
In order to buy property to let most of us require a mortgage. For some time now, anyone buying a property for investment has been required to apply for a buy to let mortgage rather than applying for a standard homeowner’s loan. In large part this is because the two loans are recognised as having different risk profiles.
A Buy to Let mortgage is usually repaid out of rent paid under a Tenancy agreement. Most lmortgage enders now restrict the size of a loan in accordance with specific criteria including Loan to Value ratio and rent cover. In other words, they will want to see that loan repayments can be easily paid out of the rent received, plus a bit. They will also limit lending to a percentage of value and buy to let mortgagees generally require that investors put together larger deposits.
The buy to let mortgage will usually be more expensive than a standard home loan, primarily because they are deemed to be riskier. In the past, rent cover was the primary driving factor but in recent years we have seen lenders keen to see other income sources available to cover mortgage payments.
A buy to let mortgagee will also require that the property be insured for buy to let use. In addition to basic policy preconditions, a landlord might also want to consider taking insurance to cover other risks such as legal costs and void periods where a property is not let. It’s worth noting that most mortgages require that the borrower reports any change in circumstances such as several weeks vacant or if a property is to be let.
Where circumstances genuinely require a property to be let for a short period of time a homeowner might simply be required to notify his mortgage company and amend his insurance. However, buy to let investors will require that a proper buy to let mortgage is in place.
For more information speak to a mortgage adviser at our Crown Row office in Bracknell or call us on 01344 860121.
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