Landlords overtake first-time buyers as Britain’s most enthusiastic house buyers

Landlords overtake first-time buyers as Britain’s most enthusiastic house buyers
31 August 2016
For the first time since early-2008 in the midst of the financial crisis, the first quarter of 2016 saw landlords borrowing more money to buy houses than first-time buyers. Between January and March 2016, new purchases for buy-to-let landlords accounted for 24% of all property loans, while loans for first-time buyers …