{"id":124569,"date":"2022-02-14T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-i-sell-or-rent-out-my-flat-as-it-would-not-suit-our-needs-if-my-partner-moved-in\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T08:05:03","slug":"should-i-sell-or-rent-out-my-flat-as-it-would-not-suit-our-needs-if-my-partner-moved-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-i-sell-or-rent-out-my-flat-as-it-would-not-suit-our-needs-if-my-partner-moved-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I sell or rent out my flat as it would not suit our needs if my partner moved in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWe might rent a property together, so I could have equity for a future purchase or become a landlordQ I am nearing the end of the fixed-rate deal for the mortgage on my flat. My partner and I are planning on moving in together sometime in the next 12 months. My flat doesn\u2019t suit both of our needs, so we would probably need to rent a new property together. Am I better off selling my flat and having the equity (and existing cash savings) ready to put down as a deposit on a new home, either jointly or independently, in a year or two; or should I seek to rent out my flat? I don\u2019t have much knowledge of agents\u2019 fees, and other costs and taxes associated with renting it out; what can I expect? Based on my initial workings, I suspect I would be hoping to at best break even rather than to make a profit from renting it out. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/feb\/14\/should-i-sell-or-rent-out-my-flat-as-it-would-not-suit-our-needs-if-my-partner-moved-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should I sell or rent out my flat as it would not suit our needs if my partner moved in?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; We might rent a property together, so I could have equity for a future purchase&#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-124569","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-wpb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11082,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/help-to-buy-rules-mean-i-cant-rent-out-my-flat\/","url_meta":{"origin":124569,"position":0},"title":"Help-to-buy rules mean I can&#039;t rent out my flat","date":"April 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I want to move to my partner\u2019s house but my mortgage terms prevent me from leasing my flat out. 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