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Growing Demand for Buy-to-Let Mortgages

By: michael sterios
 

The constantly evolving buy-to-let mortgage market has been contributing to the increase in demand for investment properties ever since buy-to-let investing became a mainstream form of investing.

Ever since buy-to-let mortgages were first introduced to the UK in the mid-1990s, demand for private rental properties has increased considerably.

Many people consider investing in property as a means of funding their retirement. By investing in property people may not have to rely on underperforming pensions and equities investments to provide for their later years.

There is substantial proof that investing in property is more than just a hobby, with more than half of all landlords owning more than one buy-to-let property.

The growth of the investment property market owes a lot to the evolution of the buy-to-let mortgage market. In 1996 there were only a few lenders offing buy-to-let mortgage products that would allow would-be landlords to invest in the local property market.

Since then dozens of specialist lenders have released buy-to-let mortgage products ensuring that modern-day investors have plenty of choice. This has helped many investors to grow their portfolios from small-scale operations to large, multi-million pound empires.

Without the availability of accessible buy-to-let mortgage products it would be virtually impossible for many landlords to achieve such levels of success.

In more recent years overseas finance companies have also entered the UK buy-to-let mortgage market which has lead to an unprecedented level of choice. This has helped to reduce costs such as application fees and interest rates ensuring that more people than ever can invest in property.

Buy-to-let mortgages are also available to UK residents for buying overseas property. Parts of Europe – such as Spain, Italy, and France – as well as Florida, Australia, and the Caribbean have become popular with UK based buy-to-let investors in recent years.

Buy-to-let mortgage products have also become more sophisticated with some products starting to offer equity release facilities. Investors can release equity to either fund their retirement or to buy more property.

The growing sophistication and accessibility of buy-to-let mortgage products for both UK and overseas property has helped demand for property investment grow steadily over the years and should continue to do so in the future.

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