Saturday 16 June 2012

UK buy-to-let market on a positive growth trajectory

According to the survey carried out by UK’s leading estate research company, it has been noticed that UK’s landlords are extremely positive about the buy-to-let market in UK. According to the survey held by CHL Mortgages, 71% of the respondents indicated that they were positive about the growth and stability of the buy-to-let market, whereas 5% of them indicted their negativity in terms of sector’s growth and stability.

However, dwelling deep into the reasons for this positive growth trajectory of buy-to-let market, many reasons could be attributed to this trend. One of the key factor of this positivity is intense confidence in tenant demand. The market trend shows a rise in tenant demands for private lets. The economic hardship in Eurozone continues making the cost of living higher, making wage earners wanting to spend their income in renting a house rather than buying a property. It is this increased demand which has led to increased rental rates.

This is decreasing the number of first- time- buyers. The reason behind it lies in the fact that more and more people in UK are turning to buy-to-let mortgages. According to the Landlord Expert, the Council of Mortgage lenders has seen a growth by 32%  in buy-to-let mortgages given to the landlords in the first quarter of 2012 itself, making a total of 32, 300 mortgages.

It is this very fact seen perpetuating the growing demand and thus promising stability of the buy-to-let market in UK’s housing market. The more the trend to continue, the more is good for this sector and less profitable and attractive for first-time properties on sale.

All in all, this sector is seen growing at robust rate, thanks to the growing rental demand and squeezing standard of living in UK.

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