The forecast comes from Capital Economics, one of the country’s leading economic research consultancies.
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Manager of commercial property and housing market research Ed Stansfield said that the buy-to-let market is currently benefiting from a stable base of landlords.
He added that despite some concerns, it is currently under no threat of weakening if more recent investors leave the market.
“Buy-to-let is here to stay and it is not going to act as a major source of instability or a sort of weak link in the housing market, which I think has been suggested quite frequently in the past,” he said.
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His comments come as Alliance and Leicester last week predicted that the buy-to-let market would grow by 41 per cent by 2016 – giving it a significant role in the UK housing market.
