Boom amid the billion

Released on: March 3, 2008, 5:12 am

Press Release Author: Jim watson

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: As the second largest country by population in the world,
India was always likely to make an enormous impact if it ever began to punch its
weight economically.

Press Release Body: The news earlier this week from the Council of Mortgage Lenders
(CML) that the number of buy-to-let mortgages taken out last year was higher in the
credit-crunch blighted second half than the roaring first six months may have
surprised many. But it appears this has not been the only news indicating that the
continued strength of buy-to-let is only too real.

Commenting after the release of this news, Nick Clark, the managing director of the
Homebuyer and Property Investor Show, said: \"The results of the CML survey are a far
cry from the doom and gloom forecast of the property and buy-to-let property market
and consistent with our own findings.\"

But there was more. The number of people coming to the show itself was a
demonstration that things were looking healthy, he suggested: \"It is clear that
people have retained confidence in the market, we have seen demand for the Homebuyer
and Property Investor Show to be as high as ever as people look to invest in the
buy-to-let as well as the wider UK and overseas markets, with 11,000 visitors
already pre-booked for the show, a figure in line with the previous few years.\"

Mr Clark added that a third of those coming to the show were professional property
investors, which showed that this continued demand included the most expert
practitioners.

The wisdom of continuing to invest in buy-to-let property was explained by Malcolm
Harrison, spokesman for the Association of Residential Lettings Agents. He told the
BBC: \"In the past two years we have seen more single households being formed, more
requirement for flexibility among contract workers and immigration pays a part too.\"

Indeed, it appears demographic factors could be one of the chief drivers of the
market. CreditExpert, a subsidiary of Experian, revealed today in its latest
personal credit index that 48 per cent of those who do not own their own home and
rent instead believe they will never get on the housing ladder.

The most common reason mentioned for this is affordability, which 46 per cent of
renters stated to be the prime reason for not being able to buy, a figure that rises
to 56 per cent for 25 to 34-year-olds and 60 per cent of 35 to 44-year-olds. In
addition to this, there is a clear geographical difference, with affordability being
the barrier to home ownership for 55 per cent of those living in the south, compared
with 39 per cent in the north.

Unfortunate though this is for those in this group who would prefer to own their
homes, the fact that so many are in this position means that the buy-to-let industry
can expect to enjoy continued - maybe indeed lifelong - demand from some people,
with the greatest need being among the young and those in the south. It implies a
long-term demographic situation which offers investors good prospects for many years
to come.

In today\'s world Property investment is an excellent investment option especially
investment in UK

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