Consent to Let - Legal & General Home Finance Requirements

All lenders have their own requirements when it comes to consent to let. This page sets out to enlighten conveyancing solicitors on the Legal & General Home Finance conveyancing panel where the firm’s non-lender client proposes to let out their property. It is not a substitute for checking the CML handbook requirements for Legal & General Home Finance. The information on this page is not focused on buy-to-let requirements but is limited to situations where the borrower will need consent to let from Legal & General Home Finance.

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Legal & General Home Finance requirements state that if ahead of completion of the conveyancing retainer, the borrower informs you of an intention to let the property you should advise the borrower that any letting of the property is prohibited without prior consent to let from Legal & General Home Finance. If the borrower wishes to let the property after completion then an application for consent to let should be made to Legal & General Home Finance by the borrower.

The application for consent to letting should be made to:

Administration Department.

The above information is in relation to properties in England and Wales.

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Consent-to-let requirements differ from the Legal & General Home Finance buy-to-let requirements.

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