To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords who have used a buy-to-let mortgage since the first buy-to-let mortgage was issued in 1996.
Answered on
15 November 2021
According to data from UK Finance, 4.1 million buy-to-let mortgages have been advanced since 2000. However, it is not possible to determine if any given buy-to-let mortgage has been given to a landlord who has taken out other buy-to-let mortgages, so it is not possible to provide a number of landlords for this period. This figure includes both total purchases and remortgages. Figures prior to this date are not available on a comparable basis.
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Treasury