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A

Acceptable forms of income  
Acceptable deposit sources  
Accidental landlord  
Additional lending 
Adverse credit 
Age 
Allowances

 

B

Benefits
Background BTL portfolio   
Bankruptcy   
Buildings insurance  

 

C

Carer's allowance (CA)
CCJs 
Child benefit
Compulsory purchase order 
Concessionary purchase deposit 
Concessionary purchase remortgaging 
Cladding 
Consumer BTL 
Credit checks 
Crypocurrency income 
Cryptocurrency deposit 

 

D

Debt consolidation
Debt management plans (DMP)  
Defaults 
Deposit  
Deductions from income 
Diplomatic immunity  
Disability living allowance (DLA)

 

E

Energy performance 
Energy performance certificate 
Evidence of income 
Estate rent charges  
Evidence of income  
Exposure limits 

 

F

First time landlord 
Fixed term contracts
Foster care income
Foster carers
Foreign nationals   
Foreign income   
Freehold flats or maisonettes  
Freehold service charges   
Flying freehold   

 

G

Gifted deposit  
Ground rent  

 

H

Holiday homes 

 

I

Income
Indefinite leave to remain
Individual voluntary arrangement 
Industrial injuries disablement benefit (IIDB)
Inherited properties 
Interest only  
Interest coverage ratio
Inter-family purchases 
Investor Clubs 
Investment income 
Investment groups 
Isolated rural properties 

 

J

Japanese knotweed 

 

L

Land with planning permission 
Lending into retirement  
Length of tenancies  
Let to buy (LTB)  
Loan and LTV limits 
Location  
Locum income  
LLPs 

 

M

Maternity income 
Maintenance payments  
Maximum portfolio lending  
Modern methods of construction  
Minimum property value  
Min/Max loan size   
Min/Max loan terms  
Min/Max LTV  
Missed payments  
Mundic

 

N

NI Contributions based Employment Support Allowance (ESA)
New build 
New build warranties  
New build incentives  
Number of borrowers  
Number of tenants 

 

O

Overriding interest

 

P

Partnership  
Payday loans 
Personal independence payment (PIP)
Portability  
Portfolio landlord  
Portfolio landlord definition  
Portfolio lending limits  
Pre-settled status
Property specifics    
Properties with land and planning permission 
Property above or below commercial  
Property developers  
Partially built property  

 

R

Rental coverage  
Rental value 
Remortgages  
Repayment strategies (Interest only) 
Reports and retentions 
Repossessions  
Retirement income  
Retirement lending
Retirement pension
Right to Buy 

 

S

Salaried directors  
Salaried income  
Scottish Child Disablement Payment (CDP)
Sequestration 
Self employed  
Settled status
Social housing schemes  
Solar panels 
Sports professionals  
Studio flats  
Shared ownership 
Shared equity  
Sub sales 

 

T

Tenancy limits  
Tenure  
Terms into retirement  
Top slicing  
Trust Deeds   
Tyneside flats  
Timeshare accommodation  
Timber construction 

 

U

Umbrella companies  
Unacceptable applicants  
Unacceptable deposit sources  
Unacceptable properties

 

V

Valuations  
Vendor deposits

 

W

Warranties for new build
Widows pension
War widows pension
War disablement pension

 

Z

Zero hours contracts

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