Consent to Let - RBS- First Active Requirements

All lenders have their own requirements when it comes to consent to let. This page sets out to enlighten residential conveyancing practitioners on the RBS- First Active conveyancing panel where their borrower client intends to let out their property. Lawyers should still check the CML handbook requirements for RBS- First Active. 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 RBS- First Active.

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RBS- First Active requirements state that if prior to 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 RBS- First Active. If the borrower wishes to let the property after completion then an application for consent to let should be made to RBS- First Active by the borrower.

The application for consent to letting should be made to:

As detailed above in 1.11a.

The content set out above is in relation to properties in England and Wales.

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Consent-to-let requirements differ from the RBS- First Active buy-to-let requirements.

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