buy-to-let

British

noun

(modifier) of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself

the buy-to-let boom

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Those the BBC has spoken to also said they did not know that the buy-to-let landlords who owned the flats they lived in had been directly approached by an "agent" of SRH promoting the asylum deal to them.

From BBC

She previously told the Post Office Inquiry in 2022 that her losses, including wages and the repossession of buy-to-let properties, was about £1m.

From BBC

"I lost the shop, the Post Office and then I lost buy-to-let properties as well."

From BBC

Patience Chinogureyi paid £51,000 in fees, deposits and furniture packs on two Phoenix flats as buy-to-let investments.

From BBC

Surveyors cited a range of reasons for devaluing the property, including the location and too many buy-to-let investments.

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