Is Buy To Let Still A Good Investment

Buy To Let Investments In The UK

With interest rates rising, inflation going through the roof and mortgage lenders becomming fussier by the day is buying to let still a good investment?

The UK property market is under pressure and the media tells us our are homes are under threat throughout this latest period of economic doom - the Credit Crunch is truly taking a hold.

So what of the entrepreneurial spirited who either has one or more buy to let properties and one or more buy to let mortgages is it time to press the panic button and bale out - if they can.

Most of the buy to let ‘ers we have spoken to remain relatively calm it is not as if they have lost the lot on one spin of the roulette wheel.

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Any invetsor will tell you the high’s and low’s are part and parcel of the property investment game. “It would have been good to sell some properties at the start of the decline but hindsight is a luxury we do not have.” says David Forster a home based property investor. “I got into the property investmarket at the beginning at 2003 when mortgage lenders where literally throwing money at investors - times have changed now but experts predict the good times will be back. It is just a case a riding the strom. While house prices are in decline, now is good time to buy again”

The Future Of The Buy To Let Property Market

At the time of writing the buy to let market is becomming one where only the strongest or smartest will survive.

Mortgage lenders are removing buy to let products at an alarming rate - it is estimated that only 25% of buy to let products are still available in comparison with this mid 2007 many mortgage companies have now withrawn products and lenders are asking for much higher deposits.

The one man band type property investor working alone will suffer with the experienced multi property owners will still able to keep thier heads above water - but only just.

With house prices expected to hit rock bottom sometime soon the only way is up. The smart investors are ready to pounce.