Definition of "buy-to-let" []

• Describing, or relating to a property bought as an investment, the purchaser letting it to others rather than living in it (adjective)

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• "Also, to capture juicy yields from short-term buy-to-let, buyers must fork out for the most top-notch property in some of the city's most exclusive areas."
• "Photography: Metin Tilki Rents in Cannes soar during the Monaco Grand Prix Ms. Dove, who has built up an £80 million fortune and a property empire that includes the former homes of Robert Louis Stevenson and Charles Dickens, says the idea of short-term buy-to-let in what real estate agents call "prime London" is already popular with Middle Eastern property buyers, partly because the dinar has been strong against the pound."
• "All of this means that the idea of buy-to-let is slowly coming back into favour."