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The fact that Alban Berg's Lulu &ndash the opera he began in 1929 and left unfinished at his

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The fact that Alban Berg's Lulu – the opera he began in 1929 and left unfinished at his death in 1935 – works at all is a testament to the composer's mastery It could so easily be completely ludicrous. In a way, the story of Lulu, the tragic heroine of Frank Wedekind's two-part play, is rather a dangerous one for an opera. The recent buy-to-let survey from the Association of Residential Letting Agents shows that, on average, properties are empty for 36 days between tenancies, increasing to 42 days in central London, where the rental market is slowing.. But on your main residence, you might do better to opt for a discounted rate if you can afford to meet the extra payments should interest rates happen to rise.As with any buy-to-let loan, you must carefully consider what will happen should the property you are letting be empty for any length of time. For example, a fixed rate might be the most suitable on the buy to let, so that you know exactly what the mortgage is going to be each month and can set the rent accordingly. But the big advantage of let to buy is that as you are effectively remortgaging your existing property, you should be able to release some equity to finance the deposit."If you have a £100,000 mortgage on a £200,000 flat that you bought for £120,000 four years ago, you can remortgage into a buy-to-let loan and release 85 per cent, or £70,000," says Mr Harris.

Once you have done this, you need to take out a "normal" mortgage to purchase your new main residence.Most lenders offering buy-to-let loans lend a maximum of 80 or 85 per cent loan to value (LTV), which means you will have to get a sizeable deposit together. Unless you currently have a tiny mortgage and a lot of locked-in equity as a result of rising house prices, you will have to switch the mortgage on your current home to a buy-to-let deal. "But it is worth getting two or three valuations on your existing property, using a good solicitor and finding a reputable financial adviser to sort out the mortgages."So if you are interested in let to buy, how do you go about it? If you are convinced you will be able to let out your existing home to tenants and you've found a new property you want to move into, the next step is to consider the financing of the purchase. "I would recommend let to buy to other investors," says Mr Noble. "My wife and I thought we would hold on to the property for a while to realise more capital appreciation because we didn't need the money immediately."The couple released about £30,000 in equity on their existing property to help them buy the new one, which they bought with a fixed-rate mortgage from Birmingham Midshires.

Two blokes called Bob and Terry are supping a pint in a pub and putting the world to rights. It all stands or falls on a single convention: that Lulu herself is a woman of almost unbounded sexual desirability. Almost every character in the opera, staged in a new production by ENO this week, is prepared to destroy his or her own life in exchange for going to bed with her. Borrowers also get £400 cashback.When choosing the mortgages you need, it might not pay to get the same type of loan on each property.

The most you can borrow is 85 per cent LTV.If you want your valuation fees refunded, Legal & General is offering a buy-to-let stepped discount with a current pay rate of 4.74 per cent. There is a £299 arrangement fee.Alternatively, Savills Private Finance is offering a buy-to-let loan set at 0.99 per cent above the Bank of England base rate with no penalties at any time. You can borrow up to 80 per cent LTV, and 10 per cent extra can be repaid each year without penalty. A letter from a letting agent indicating that the rental income of the property will be 130 per cent of the mortgage payments should do this.For the buy-to-let part of the deal, Mr Hollingworth recommends London & Country's two-year deal of 5.45 per cent fixed until 1 June 2004. There are no penalties during the discounted period but you will have to satisfy the Coventry that you can meet the payments on the buy-to-let loan, even though you are highly likely to be getting this from another lender. "But don't go for the same lender with both deals just for the sake of it."He recommends a two-year 2.06 per cent discount from Coventry Building Society for the "regular" loan on the new property, giving a payable rate of 3.69 per cent. But it is important to remember that no lender is likely to offer the best deal on both types of loan."If the same lender can offer competitive deals on both types of loan, it would be easy to synchronise it," says Mr Hollingworth.

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