Barclays loosens BTL affordability criteria

From today, Barclays will allow personal income to be accepted when assessing buy-to-let affordability.

Related topics:  Mortgages
Rozi Jones
26th January 2015
Barclays branch

Following a pilot conducted last year, Barclays will now allow any shortfall in the rental income used to calculate affordability to be met by the applicant’s disposable income.

Under the new approach, customers would be required to complete a full income and expenditure assessment involving disclosure of net income, commitments and dependents, all residential mortgages, the total of all buy-to-let mortgages outstanding and the total rent received.

Derram Attfield (42), a self-employed recruitment professional in London, is one of the first to benefit from Barclays’ new policy.

He said:

“There’s no guarantee of a state pension being available when it comes to my retirement; and being self-employed I recognised the importance of having a good retirement plan in place. Barclays’ new policy has helped me to purchase a rental property and to maximise the opportunity of both the growth in equity in the flat, and the regular rental income, to support my pension plans.”

Andy Gray, Barclays Managing Director of Mortgages said:

“There are only a handful lenders that allow any shortfall in the rental income used to calculate affordability to be met by the applicant’s disposable income. Barclays’ new policy provides a greater opportunity for those planning for their financial future and choosing to invest in rental properties to help support their longer term goals of, for example, paying for their children’s’ university fees or enhancing their lifestyle in retirement.”  

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