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Practical writing on the tax, VAT, MTD, rating and compliance questions that come up on short-term let and holiday let portfolios — with the primary sources cited, and dated so you can see when we wrote it.

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30 July 2026·9 min read

Preparing Your Holiday-Let Accounts for Refinancing in H2 2026

A substantial volume of UK fixed-rate mortgages come off through 2026-27, some of them held by STL landlords. Lender criteria on remortgage are typically tighter than those applied at original drawdown two, three or five years ago — interest rates higher, rental stress tests sharper, more questions asked. This is what the accounts and evidence pack should look like, and where a same-lender product transfer may sit alongside a full remortgage.