{"id":123372,"date":"2021-11-22T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-i-use-a-buy-to-let-property-to-pay-off-my-student-loan\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T08:23:28","slug":"should-i-use-a-buy-to-let-property-to-pay-off-my-student-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-i-use-a-buy-to-let-property-to-pay-off-my-student-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I use a buy-to-let property to pay off my student loan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nI\u2019m a junior doctor who has saved up about \u00a350,000 and am keen to clear my \u00a380,000 debtQ I am a junior doctor working in the NHS and earning about \u00a340,000 a year. I have managed to save about \u00a350,000 after several years of working while living at home. I currently have a student loan of about \u00a380,000 at 6.6% interest a year, amounting to \u00a34,500 extra a year. I am currently paying the minimum, and am keen to pay off the loan soon.I would like to use my savings to buy a buy-to-let property and use the rental income to pay off my student loans. However, this will be my first property, and I am anxious about whether this will affect any future mortgages towards my own home, and whether it will even be worth the hassle in the long run. I would be very grateful for your opinion.AH Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2021\/nov\/22\/should-i-use-a-buy-to-let-property-to-pay-off-my-student-loan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should I use a buy-to-let property to pay off my student loan?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; I\u2019m a junior doctor who has saved up about \u00a350,000 and am keen to clear&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-w5S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86441,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/help-to-buy-agency-writes-down-loan-on-flat-over-grenfell-style-cladding\/","url_meta":{"origin":123372,"position":0},"title":"Help-to-buy agency writes down loan on flat over Grenfell-style cladding","date":"April 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Woman whose London flat has slumped in value is told she can pay back \u00a310,000 of \u00a395,000 loanThe government has agreed to virtually wipe out a help-to-buy loan on an apartment in a London block with cladding similar to that used at Grenfell Tower, it has emerged.It will make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":71238,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/aldi-offers-graduates-a-42000-starting-salary-is-it-enough-to-pay-off-your-student-loan\/","url_meta":{"origin":123372,"position":1},"title":"Aldi offers graduates a \u00a342,000 starting salary \u2013 is it enough to pay off your student loan?","date":"January 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Starting salaries for graduates are increasing. 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