New online service – You can now open new savings accounts and view your branch account and mortgage via our online service.

Buy to let mortgages.

Buy to let

Our buy to let mortgages are for landlords with up to 3 properties.

Here to help

Find a buy to let mortgage.

Mortgage Name

Rate

Initial Rate

APRC

Rate Term

Max loan amount

Max LTV

Full Details

Buy To Let 2 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV (3% Fee)

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29377, Remortgage: 29378

Fixed

Initial Rate

4.79%

APRC

8.4%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Buy To Let 2 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29357, Remortgage: 29358

Fixed

Initial Rate

6.04%

APRC

8.4%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Buy To Let 5 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29359, Remortgage: 29360

Fixed

Initial Rate

5.69%

APRC

7.7%

Rate Term

5 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Buy To Let 2 Year Discount Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: Purchase: 24254, Remortgage: 24255

Variable

Initial Rate

5.79% (SVR minus 2.90%)

APRC

8.4%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Buy To Let Light Refurbishment 2 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29367, Remortgage: 29368

Fixed

Initial Rate

6.14%

APRC

8.4%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Buy To Let Light Refurbishment 5 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29369, Remortgage: 29370

Fixed

Initial Rate

5.79%

APRC

7.6%

Rate Term

5 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Buy To Let Light Refurbishment 2 Year Discount Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: Purchase: 24258, Remortgage: 24259

Variable

Initial Rate

5.89% (SVR minus 2.80%)

APRC

8.5%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Expat Buy to Let 2 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV (3% Fee)

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29379, Remortgage: 29380

Fixed

Initial Rate

5.29%

APRC

8.5%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Expat Buy to Let 2 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29361, Remortgage: 29362

Fixed

Initial Rate

6.29%

APRC

8.5%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Expat Buy To Let 5 Year Fixed Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Fixed

Product ID: Purchase: 29381, Remortgage: 29382

Fixed

Initial Rate

5.80%

APRC

7.6%

Rate Term

5 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Expat Buy To Let 2 Year Discount Rate – for purchase or remortgage up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: Purchase: 24250, Remortgage: 24251

Variable

Initial Rate

5.99% (SVR minus 2.70%)

APRC

8.4%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£1m

Max LTV

80%

Green Additional Borrowing (Buy to Let) 2 Year Discount Rate – up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: 78031

Variable

Initial Rate

5.39% (SVR minus 3.30%)

APRC

8.3%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£40,000

Max LTV

80%

Additional Borrowing (Holiday Let) Discount Rate – up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: 78030

Variable

Initial Rate

6.09% (SVR minus 2.60%)

APRC

8.5%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£500,000

Max LTV

80%

Additional Borrowing (Buy To Let) Discount Rate – up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: 78029

Variable

Initial Rate

6.09% (SVR minus 2.60%)

APRC

8.5%

Rate Term

2 year

Max loan amount

£500,000

Max LTV

80%

Additional Borrowing (Buy To Let) Standard Variable Rate – up to 80% LTV

Variable

Product ID: 82005

Variable

Initial Rate

8.69% (SVR)

APRC

9.1%

Rate Term

3 year

Max loan amount

£500,000

Max LTV

80%

Buy to let

Our buy to let mortgage lending criteria.

  1. Landlords must have no more than three properties within the total portfolio, which includes any holiday let properties and not operate their properties as a company or business.
  2. Properties must be let on an approved Assured Shorthold Tenancy.
  3. Applicants must currently or have previously owned their own home, not be in arrears with any mortgage they currently have, and be a UK resident. For expat buy to let mortgages visit our expat buy to let page.
  4. We won’t generally lend on new build flats, studio flats, basement flats, ex-local authority flats/maisonettes, flats above 5 storeys or flats above commercial property. However, we will consider new build flats where these are located in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
  5. We will not lend on houses in multiple occupancy (HMOs) which require licensing, or multi-lets, or student lets.
  6. Properties must hold a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and meet a minimum Energy rating of E, to be evidenced at application. Should the property be exempt from the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, evidence of exemption is required.

Once you’ve found a buy to let mortgage which looks right for you, check the details carefully and get in touch so we can help explain the process and what you need to know.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions about buy to let mortgages.

A buy to let mortgage is needed to finance a property which will be let out to tenants.

With a buy to let mortgage tenants will be renting the property on a long term basis and living in it as their main residence. A holiday let property is for short-term guest rentals. If you’re planning to use your property for a holiday let you can find out more on our holiday let mortgage page.

We can offer buy to let mortgages to first time buyers. These however must fit on an affordability basis. We can also consider an expat buy to let mortgage for a first time buyer, for more information visit our expat buy to let page.

If you are an expat looking to purchase or remortgage a buy to let property in England or Wales you would need to get an expat buy to let mortgage. You can view our available deals using our mortgage finder or for more information visit our expat buy to let page.

Where a family member will rent a buy to let property this is known as regulated buy to let, or sometimes called family buy to let. This type of mortgage is treated differently and would need to be assessed based on applicants’ income and affordability rather than rental cover. Get in touch with us to find out more.

This depends on the criteria of the individual lender, but at Suffolk Building Society we’re happy to consider first time landlords, as long as you either currently own property or you have done so in the past.

To see how much your buy to let mortgage might cost you each month visit our mortgage repayment calculator. You’ll need to know how much you want to borrow, the interest rate and the length of the mortgage.

No. If you are planning to live in the property yourself and not rent it out you would not need a buy to let mortgage. Instead use our mortgage finder to browse our currently available residential mortgage products .

Enquiries

We have conversations, not algorithms.

Our decisions are made by experts, not computers. We need to calculate the financials, but we understand there’s more behind a mortgage than the numbers on a page. We can’t promise to lend to everyone and anyone, but we’ll consider most applications on an individual basis.

Ready to go? We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch with our friendly and knowledgeable team.

Prefer to talk?
Call 0330 123 0723

Contact us










    Your browser is out-of-date.

    Welcome to our new website. This site is not fully supported in Internet Explorer.
    Please download one of the browsers below to continue using this website.

    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge