What to do with my flat after getting married?

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I am able to rent out my flat and move into and with my new wife. I am also able to pay off the flats mortgage.
Is this the right move what with tax's and using my savings?
 
You have a choice of whether to keep the flat or sell it. Assuming you want to keep it...

Assuming similar interest rates, you should pay off your wife's mortgage first. You get very little tax relief on your home but you will be able to set 75% of the interest paid on your investment property against the rent received. So it's far more tax efficient.

If one, or both, of the loans is on a very cheap tracker, you probably should not pay it off as there may well be some incentive to do so at a later stage.

You will need to do some formal agreement with your wife about how your assets are split if things go wrong. If you pay off your wife's mortgage and you split up, you will be left with a mortgage on your property and she will have a much reduced mortgage. Of course, if you pay off your own mortgage instead, you will be left mortgage free and she will still have her mortgage.

Brendan
 
This sounds interesting but I do not completely under stand "very little tax relief on your home" and "incentive to do so at a later stage"
My colleague said I need to tell the HRMC that I have a repayment mortgae and that I'll have to start paying tax in it?
 
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