Buy to let boom continues with new mortgage highs

The buy to let sector is at its strongest for six years according to data released by the Bank of England.

Lending for buy to let mortgages jumped to a whopping £8 billion in the third quarter of this year - the highest quarterly lending volume since 2008 and up from £5.9 billion in the same period of 2013.

These are just the latest figures to show the private rental sector going through a boom.

According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders lending in September - its most recent data - is 24 per cent higher by volume than in the same month last year, and 32 per cent by value. Paragon, one of the country’s chief buy to let lenders, says it has this year seen an 82 per cent rise in completions by investment purchasers.