Investors looking to use property as a substitute for ailing stock market assets are showing increasing confidence in the market.
New research shows anticipation is high for a continued rise in house prices.
Investment landlords are expecting property prices to rise by 6.9 per cent next year making the buy-to-let market a potentially profitable place to be, according to lending group Paragon Mortgages.
People who have invested in the rental market are also planning to increase the number of properties they hold by an average of 21 per cent to 10.9 houses or flats.
It added that overall, the confidence expressed by buy-to-let investors was now returning to levels last seen in the spring of last year.
During the three months to the end of November, the popularity of flats fell with only 38 per cent of landlords having one among their properties compared with 45 per cent in the previous three months.
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