HMOs are a good investment. HMOs have fewer "impactful vacants". The difference between tenants in a single occupancy home can be less than a month. This allows for viewings, repairs and redecorating while no rent is coming in. Your losses are reduced by an HMO, which allows the tenants to pay rent. Tax-deductible costs are possible to a greater extent than standard BTL.
For an HMO mortgage, you will need to have a substantial deposit. LTV ratios of 60 to 75% are the norm for lenders. At least 25% deposit. Although potential rental income will be taken into consideration by lenders during stress test calculations they will often base their sums more on the rental revenue you would earn from letting the property to one household than individual households. This means that your mortgage must be easily affordable, with substantial margins. A mortgage broker can tell you how big of an HMO loan you can afford, according to the lender.
Young buyers are still unable to afford a home, so the demand for affordable rented accommodation is high. You can check the local listings sites (Gumtree and Zoopla) to see how strong the demand is from prospective tenants.
The HMO will generally yield a greater return on investment than letting out a home to a tenant. You can charge by the room and so charge more. This will require a specialist loan.
As the price of a home is rising, young buyers still have a strong desire for affordable rented accommodation. Look at local listing websites (Gumtree. Zoopla. Rightmove ) to determine the strength and demand from prospective tenants.
HMOs don't always produce three times the rental income from a typical buy to let. Utility bills are typically paid by landlords. As you can see, even with a PS2k-3k per year utility bill there is still a lot of rental income.
A HMO can make you a higher profit than renting to a family. You can charge for each room separately and charge more overall. You will require a specialist mortgage to accomplish this.