September 24th, 2008
Is Buy-to-Let still attractive?
With the ongoing credit crisis, will buy to let be a thing of the past!
With little movement of interest rates and continuing drops in house prices
will buy-to-let now be an investment vehicle of the past?
With buy-to-let lenders tightening up their lending criteria, house prices continuing to fall and the general lack of confidence caused by the Northern Rock crisis I believe that experienced investors will still continue to buy rental stock, banking on long term capital gains. However first time landlords or landlords with smaller portfolios are finding it harder to fund new rental stock. For the well placed landlord that has the correct gearing on their portfolio it is still a time to hunt for the next opportunity!